From
David Still
<ds@davidstill.org>
To
Mute8
<mute8@mutantswarm.org>
Re:
Reality
MESSAGE
Mute8 wrote: >Dear mute Dear person, >You were very surprised when I contacted you. I'd be less surprised if I could remember it. >You said you'd never met me. I haven't. Unless you know something I don't - which is entirely likely, since I'm sure I know something you don't too. Unless we have had identical experiences throughout our lives. Then me might both know everything the other does. >But when you visited my website you recognized me -how I look, where I live. Strange, since I have never been to De Realiteit. Still, if you saw where I live, I'm sure you'd recognise it too. It's that kind of place. >It all seemed strangely familiar. Yet you continue to question my authenticity. I can't question that. Only you can. >Do you really think I'm just a 'character' created for the web? Why not? Does it matter? Is subjective reality any different from objective reality? I'm sure you're as real as mute8 is. Does mute8 exist? The whole of the net may simply be a very large Turing test as far as I know. >Just to show how real I am, let me remind you that I live in a neighbourhood called "De Realiteit" (Reality) in Almere, the Netherlands. That's where I live - in the flesh. OK. I live in a dream-world of my own devising. I call it reality, for lack of a better description. >So how could I have invented such a name? And that name would be? >When you get to know me better, you'll soon realise that I'm a part of your world, part of your own reality. Of course you are - there are millions of people I've never met inhabiting my reality. So - what makes you worth knowing? Yes, you've intrigued me. Anybody who sends an email this mad has got to be worth further investigation. OK - your move. >And this is why you should trust me. Trust, like respect, is earned. I will begin to trust you when dont's send your communications from anonymous mailers ;) Or would that require you to trust me first? We'll see. Mute