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On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, John Cowan wrote: > Invent Yourself scripsit: > > > The world where I drank the cocoa the other night is impossible. > > Is this so because (1) of facts about you and cocoa, or (2) because you > think it logically impossible, like the "true" = "false" world, or (3) > because you are one of those people, the name for which I forget, who > believes that whatever happens is what must happen, or to restate this, > whatever can happen, does happen? Here is the crux. There is no way to prove "whatever happens is what must happen". That is why my cocoa last night (I didn't, so take my word for it) is as unreal as 4 = 5. There is no way to prove anything about any imaginary worlds, no matter how realistic they may sound. -- // if (!terrorist) // ignore (); // else collect_data ();