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<p>Nick -</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What I object to is the notion that such
experiences in extremis are <span
style="font-family:Wingdings">è</span>in principle<span
style="font-family:Wingdings">ç</span> more likely to be
true than ordinary ones, or, further, that there is any way to
confirm the implications of one experience except through
further experiences. </p>
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<p>I believe that <i>experiences en extremis </i>might well offer
some *perspective* or qualitatively different "truth" than more
mundane experiences. I also believe that once one is
habituated/tuned/primed for this kind of perspective, that it can
be somewhat persistent. <br>
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<p>When I went from watching clouds form/transform/dissipate
entirely naively to having a sense of the higher dimensionality of
pressure, temperature, and humidity wherein the dynamics evolve
it felt rather transcendent. Now I can watch clouds evolve
(especially via timelapse) in a very different way. <br>
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<p>A. Square had a similar experience after A. Square gave him a
guided tour of the third dimension... <br>
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<p>?</p>
<p> - Steve<br>
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