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Post by mccormack44 »

If an alien had different senses could we communicate?
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Post by nzilla »

What are the chances that there would be no overlap of our senses?
Ever since I started equating correlation with causality, violent crime has fallen 58%.
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Post by clong »

Wouldn't that be senseless?
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Post by mccormack44 »

Would we ever know?
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Post by nzilla »

Can we ever know if we would know?
Ever since I started equating correlation with causality, violent crime has fallen 58%.
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Post by mccormack44 »

Can we start a new topic before we get into a mobius strip of questions?
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Post by nzilla »

Are you afraid that such questions would be too one-sided?
Ever since I started equating correlation with causality, violent crime has fallen 58%.
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Why do you fear that I am afraid?
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So, are you admitting that you are afraid?
Ever since I started equating correlation with causality, violent crime has fallen 58%.
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Could we talk about the power of fantasy in generating new ideas?

I don't see how you could make the assumption that I had admitted anything!
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Isn't generating new ideas more or less the definition of fantasy?
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Can you please explain that to all of the authors out there who are writing recycled Tolkien?
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Don't you know I have been trying to explain this for the last 37* years?

(*It would be 38, but Harlan Ellison didn't need this explanation.)
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Wouldn't the world be a better place if everyone paid attention to mccormack44?
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shouldn't the proper name be clong?
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e.e. cummings, what are you doing inhabiting mccormack44's form?!
Ever since I started equating correlation with causality, violent crime has fallen 58%.
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Post by mccormack44 »

Could it be that sometimes I get lazy?
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Post by Hunter B »

Too lazy to get out?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."

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Post by ausfi »

Where's the place out there, by the way?
Prograstination is the grave of opportunity.
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Isn't it the exact place you are not?
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Is it possible for such a place to be exact?
Ever since I started equating correlation with causality, violent crime has fallen 58%.
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Post by Hunter B »

Is it possible to pinpoint exactly where anything is?
"Explanation is not an escape from suffering."

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Are you denying the existence of IDEAL conditions?
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Post by clong »

Are you getting platonic on us?
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Isn't platonic better than nihilist?
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