12-12-2005, 08:21 PM
YZilla,Dec 12 2005, 01:50 PM Wrote:Seriously now...
Anyone with experience in metaphysics can tell you that "reality" is a tricky topic, and the one thing you can prove is that most things can't be proved to be "real".
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When the bullet hits the bone, and the flesh is shredded, the bleeding is real. It is not illusion. When the baby pukes on your shirt, the mess is real. Metaphysics won't clean your shirt. When your car hits the tree, the dent in the metal and the sound of the thump are not illusion. The propagation of the soundwaves through the fluid that is air is not only real, it is both reproducible and simulatable with vibration producing tools.
Not everything needs proof to be real, some things simple are.
Put that in the proverbial metaphysical pipe, and if the draw is smooth, smoke and blow a few smoke rings with it, as Gandalf and Bilbo once did in an imagined reality . . . ;) Oh, wait, are we all merely Gandalf's worst nightmare come true? :huh:
*blink, blink*
Ah, that would be the "caffeine low pressure" warning light.
*hurries off to find some coffee*
Occhi
Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the Men 'O War!
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete