Liev's Postpostulate

adam louis stephanides · 02 Jun 1998, 17:25 · from urth-v0012.mbox · original

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From: adam louis stephanides <astephan at students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: (urth) Liev's Postpostulate
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 17:25:02
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On Tue, 2 Jun 1998 Tony Ellis wrote:

> This explains why abos and humans, such as VRT's mother and RT, can
> interbreed. It also gives us Liev's Postpostulate: it's not that the
> Free People are colonists gone native, but that they interbred with (or
> possibly replaced) the original French settlers.

But this is a less extreme version of Veil's Hypothesis, not a reversal of
it, which "Liev" implies.  And it doesn't explain the bit about our
thoughts influencing reality.

--Adam


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