On Wed, 13 Sep 2000 07:02:10 -0400, Philip Thrift
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wrote:

>Mental models, logic, abstractions (seperating reality into "things" and
>"sets of things"), etc. have been useful (mental)
>technologies our species has developed in our survival.
>But they should not be mistaken for reality ("truth" if you want) itself.

I would go so far as to say that models (pictures abstactions)
are the only kind of reality available.

Every "thing", object, reality or "truth" you can talk about
is necessarily a object in your mind.

Amadeus