On 15 Jan 2014, at 02:59, Edgar L. Owen wrote:
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!
:-)
You cannot insult someone and ask him or her to smile.
Bruno
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]> 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.
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