Re: [-empyre-] the symbolic and the real

[saul ostrow <so5@nyu.edu>]

 What does one do with the multiple worlds theory of
> the universe for that matter - either the many-worlds or inflationary
> universe approach? Certainly vr < pr, physical reality - but where does
> that take us? The idea of worlds, worlding, has been with us for a long
> time - for example, the world of the novel. To say such a world is the
> same as physical reality cuts out a lot of cognitive psychology or even
> comprehension.

actually  what I'm saying is that VR is similar if not akin to the world
of the novel -- as for your another examples they are hypothetical/
statistical  models upon which we can imagine if a then b -- but for the
time being even within these theories we occupy a time/place/space
unique to our existence while the multitude of others do the same