Dear Robert,

My grandmother, a metaphysician, said, "Thought crystallizes into reality."

If I might paraphrase, "It starts with a dream."

Best luck.  Don't worry about only getting 1598 on your SAT.  And I hope to
see you representing SETI on this newsgroup one day soon.

Ciao,
        -Neil-


Metaphysics (n.) n.
  1. The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology;
also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal
conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete
being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily
implied as true of every kind of being; philosophy in general; first
principles, or the science of first principles.
  2. Hence: The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena; mental philosophy;
psychology.



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