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From: uj797@freenet.Victoria.BC.CA (Arthur T. Murray)
Subject: Unbestimmtheitsprinzip
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http://www.salon1999.com SALON Table Talk/ Digital Culture/ memes:

[3]Mentifex- 10:47pm Jun 11, 1996 PST
For deep background query "Mentifex" on AltaVista.

Das Unbestimmtheitsprinzip is German for the Uncertainty Principle
of  Werner  Heisenberg:  To observe a phenomenon  is to change the
phenomenon.  Ready for some more manifestly famous German  (whence
and what is it?)?   "Ein Gespenst geht um in Europa...."   Let  us
tweak those baleful words and say,  "A spectre is going around  on
the World Wide Web,  the spectre of machines who think."   You are
invited to observe this phenomenon by following nearby links,  but
BEWARE:  If you let these memes infect your mind, the  Uncertainty
Principle  may engulf you and alter  forever  your mind, your life
and your human destiny.
