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Message no. 1
From: Luke Kendall <luke@********.CANON.OZ.AU>
Subject: Seeing through glass (Was: Re: Attacking Foci Astrally)
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 10:03:49 +1100
Damion Milliken writes:

> rw> How 'bout that "aural radiation" just exhibits properties similiar
to EMR
> rw> in this aspect? And that the researchers haven't figured out why yet?
>

> That's the way I've always looked at it. Astral "light" can pass through
> glass because glass has the metaphysical property of transparency to astral
> "light".

The problem is that the magic rules make more sense if you tell yourself
that you don't see with a sense equivalent to sight, but that you are
sensing life and emotions in a direct fashion. And in _that_ case,
giving any normal substance the property of being transparent to
emotion just sounds dumb.

> I also think it is a little bit of a kludge to make things run smoothly

We never expected things to run smoothly. :-)

> And, seriously, does it make all that much difference to the game? If you
> couldn't see through glass while on the astral, then you could just as
> easily _move_ through the glass and see what's on the other side.

It sure does. All the difference between looking at the lion's dentures
and putting your head in his mouth.

Oh, and Damion - we had the spell-lock-in-your-mouth discussion the day
before you rejoined the list. :-)

luke
Message no. 2
From: Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Seeing through glass (Was: Re: Attacking Foci Astrally)
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 1995 11:33:37 +0930
Luke Kendall wrote:
>
> Damion Milliken writes:
>
> > rw> How 'bout that "aural radiation" just exhibits properties
similiar to EMR
> > rw> in this aspect? And that the researchers haven't figured out why yet?
> >
>
> > That's the way I've always looked at it. Astral "light" can pass
through
> > glass because glass has the metaphysical property of transparency to astral
> > "light".
>
> The problem is that the magic rules make more sense if you tell yourself
> that you don't see with a sense equivalent to sight, but that you are
> sensing life and emotions in a direct fashion. And in _that_ case,
> giving any normal substance the property of being transparent to
> emotion just sounds dumb.
>
Luke, I'd just like to point out that the simple idea of quantum physics is
one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard of in my life. Doesn't change the
fact that it's true.

Oh, and lots of turn-of-the-century physicists agree with me.

--
Robert Watkins bob@**.ntu.edu.au
Real Programmers never work 9 to 5. If any real programmers
are around at 9 am, it's because they were up all night.
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