[Mollygurl]

Originally Posted by TTBRAHWTMG

Do you think that pause...that bright eyed look down the road and short protest of wanting to get a shot or two in, WAS her momentary flash? That it was after Sam reinforced his statement that she did the logic jump? I'm not sure on this one, but it seems to fit both your sentiment and Mollygurl's.

I think you've captured it exactly TT.

Originally Posted by TTBRAHWTMG

REGARDING 'NOUMENA' VERSUS 'PHENOMENA'
Heinlein: I do not regard faith as a basis on which to believe or disbelieve anything… ...Phenomena are things that you can grasp through your physical senses or through measurements made with your physical senses through instruments an so forth and so on; in other words, phenomena are things that we can know about the physical universe. Noumena translates as the unknowable things. The unknowable things: What is the purpose of the universe? Why are you here on this earth? What should a man do with his life? All of these are wide open, generalized, unlimited "whys." They are all noumena, and consequently they are not subject - by definition - these things are not subject to final answers simply by reason.
Schulman: No, I would say that it's a purely subjective judgment…

Thanks for posting the interviews - they were great! The more I get to know Heinlein personally, the more I like and respect him.

Originally Posted by TTBRAHWTMG

REGARDING THE AFTERLIFE
…Heinlein: I have little or no objective data. So far as subjective data is concerned, I incline to the notion that when we die, we don't die all over. That we do not die all over. That there is something that persists. But even that - because that opens up all of the questions of philosophy and religion - I avoid discussing other than in fiction. ...

Wow! This may be getting off thread from PM but I totally agree with his ‘subjective’ beliefs and had I been the person interviewing him; I would have sat there nodding along like a damn fool! LOL. I think the second part of his statement is the most enlightening to me. He seems to be saying that he sees no point in discussing his personal beliefs because as no one can ever know what is “true” – all discussions/debates simply come down to differences in each individual’s philosophies and religions.