<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well Richard, there is an answer : = simply guessing.  And believing you are right.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=mathstar@salemnet.com href="mailto:mathstar@salemnet.com">Alan R. Barnard</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 22, 2002 = 9:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Do I Really = Exist?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>The ever unanswered question being... how do I know = that YOU are thinking.... and therefore exist ? <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE"><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>No, I = didn't see it.</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>The mathematician/philosopher René DesCartes was famous for saying: "I = think, therefore I am." But, at the end of his life he made a critical = mistake. His wife asked: "Do you want to go to the concert?" He replied: "No, I = think not" ... and ceased to exist. Think on!</FONT></FONT> <FONT face=Arial><FONT size=-1>Alan = Barnard</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>  <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway = <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR><A = href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>