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On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:53:19PM -0600, Nicholas Thompson wrote:
> Wait a minute! They cannot call it a dilusion because "dilusion"
> presupposes a state of affairs that IS -- i.e., a reality.
Yes, I would imagine that the people shouting illusion or delusion do assume
some different sort of reality. That was mostly my point - the term is
ill defined, and not of much practical use AFAICS, except for fueling
endless philosophical debates like this one.
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> > [Original Message]
> > From: russell standish <
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> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <
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> > Date: 9/18/2009 6:40:23 PM
> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Faith and Science (was comm.)
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> > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 09:02:00PM -0700, Miles Parker wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm not sure I understand -- why not simply start from experience and
> > > awareness?
> >
> > Exactly. But then some people call that reality. Others call it
> > delusion.
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> > Cheers
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