FWIW - I rather like Russell's quote and think its fairly apt. There are plenty of things that are impossible - For instance - one I used over the weekend - it is impossible for me to win the Utah State Lottery - Because it doesn't exist. I suppose that one is kind of silly - but I am sure you could come up with others. There are things which (scientifically speaking) are generally accepted to be impossible. Creation of matter - etc. In general, I think another good axiom is - if its too good to be true, it probably is. In this case, without being smart enough to know the actual science behind any of this (and only somewhat understanding what those smarter than I am on this board have explained about the given concepts) all of this really smells like snake oil salesmen trying to separate fools from their money. For what its worth - anyways - and admittedly probably not that much. Kind Regards, Aleksei On 2 June 2014 10:33, RussellMc wrote: > On 3 June 2014 04:11, Yigit Turgut wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Anything is possible. > > > > > > > > > > No. Anything MAY be possible. > > > > > > And it's possible that some things may be impossible. > > > > > > Would you mind sharing something that is impossible ? > > Do you think that that's not possible ? :-) > > _______________________________ > > ie it's the classic 'Can God make a weight so heavy that he can't move it= ' > type question. > > The suggestion that it's impossible that anything is impossible is possib= ly > impossible to deal with. > > No? > > _____________________________ > > But: From my private reflections (which parallel those of innumerable > others) : > > - It's impossible that everything always just has been > > - It's impossible that everything just came into existence from utterly > nothing. > > - It's impossible to make sense of the above two assertions, either joint= ly > or severally. > > Further discussion of the above could begin to (rapidly) look dangerously > like 'religion', but I can't see how anyone can 'just dismiss' such lines > of thought, or be comfortable that there is any sensible answer or sensib= le > alternative to them at a level that "anyone" could ever sensibly > understand. > > > > Russell > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .