Liz, Are you describing YOUR inability to understand MY satirical comment perchance? I even included a smiley to indicate that which you didn't...
Lighten up and smile! :-) Edgar On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 8:52:46 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: > > Wow, did you really misunderstand what I was saying to that extent? You > are starting to remind me of those people who come to the door to persuade > me to accept Jesus as my saviour. They're also incapable of spotting the > intent of a satirical comment, or a metaphor, or drawing a parallel, or - > of course - getting their heads around intelligent criticism. > > And they keep banging on about how they have a unique insight into the > nature of the universe... > > > On 15 January 2014 14:42, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Liz, >> >> Thanks for confirming what I've long suspected, that you actually live in >> the 19th century! >> >> I have some good news for you, flying machines, robots, and rockets to >> the moon are actually real now. If you read my book you'll discover some >> other things that are real as well - but not simulated human beings.... >> :-) >> >> Edgar >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 4:30:00 PM UTC-5, Liz R wrote: >> >>> On 15 January 2014 09:08, Edgar L. Owen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> John, >>>> >>>> The simplest and by far most likely answer is to assume that the world >>>> we appear to live in IS the real actual world (though heavily filtered >>>> through our own internal simulation as I've explained before). To assume >>>> otherwise in the absence of any actual evidence is a waste of time. We can >>>> imagine we live in some simulation by some super beings and that may or >>>> may >>>> not be a possibility (I maintain there will always be a way to figure that >>>> out), but there is no evidence at all that it's an actuality or even >>>> remotely likely. >>>> >>>> Until there is some actual evidence it's just sci fi and not the proper >>>> subject of science... >>>> >>>> Yes, "just sci-fi" like heavier than air flying machines, robots and >>> rockets to the Moon. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
