WOW, flash--I'd never thought of that!!!
When I am i'll, it isn't trillions of bacteria making me i'll--IT IS ONLY
ONE!!!

Thanks...

Warmest regards,
John

"Cecil Moore" wrote in message
...
| Mike Coslo wrote:
| Certainly life forms that presumably
| do *not* have consciousness, such as bacteria, have a beginning, a being
| and an end. So is time dependent upon a life form possessing sentience?
| If a sentient being such as man is not there to invent the concept of
| time, do all those constructs that have a beginning and end cease to
exist?
|
| It's even more complicated than that. When a bacteria divides,
| the two resulting individuals are identical, not parent and
| child. So, barring mutations, any bacteria that is not extinct
| is immortal. Time is absolutely meaningless to such an organism.
| --
| 73, Cecil http://www.qsl.net/w5dxp
|
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