 I haven't given as much thought to this topic
    as I might have liked this weekend.  However,
    let me just throw another scenario out for
    discussion.

HT: It looks to me you've described a static scenario in which the components of
    reality x do not interact with one another -- they are simply properties of
    reality x.  This would be akin to describing an apple as consisting of the
    following properties:  it is roughly spherical, it is red, and it is juicy.

Hugh,

One of the things that 