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Kingsley Dennis's Blog – June 2010 Archive (2)

Planetary Mythologies

Analogy Three



Imagine that you have just discovered a civilization as small as a DNA molecule.

You want to establish contact, but since your dimensions prevent

you from entering the same space-timeenvelope, you must search for other

means of communication. From observing the civilization closely, you find that

there is an

informational class that seems to carry messages back and forth…
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Added by Kingsley Dennis on June 24, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Planetary Mythologies

Analogy Two



Imagine a vehicle as large as a planet that began a voyage an aeon ago.

After generations of voyaging, the mechanics lose all sense of who they

are and where they are going. They begin to grow unhappy with their

condition and say that the notion that they are on a journey in an

enormous vehicle is a myth put forth by the ruling class to disguise its

oppression of the mechanical class. There is a revolution and the

captain is killed. Elated by… Continue

Added by Kingsley Dennis on June 17, 2010 at 12:35pm — No Comments

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