[MUD-Dev] Persistent Worlds

[Travis Casey]

the_logos at www.achaea.com wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Feb 2001, Travis Casey wrote:

> > 1 - I know that *someone's* going to complain about that being in the
> >     list.  What I mean is that there is no fundamental law that
> >     prevents telepathy from being possible (as there seems to be for,
> >     say, gross-effect telekinesis or precognition).  As far as is
> >     known, telepathy doesn't exist, but it *could* exist, in theory.
> 
> Shrug. Then there's no meaning to the word. 

No meaning to *what* word?  From your comments below, it seems that
you're talking about the word "real".  However, the word originally
being argued about was not "real", but "realistic", which is a different
thing.  

> Anything could exist in
> theory. The physical laws of the universe could undergo a radical
> change tomorrow. As we're not aware of the complete laws of the
> universe (if there is such a thing at all), there is no way to know
> this won't happen. If the mere possibility of something means it is
> 'real' then I do not find myself capable of thinking of anything that
> isn't real, in which case the word has no meaning and this argument is
> over.

I'm not saying *anything* about the meaning of the word "real".  I'm
talking about the meaning of the word "realistic", which is the word
this argument started over.  Something can be "realistic" without being
real.  (Otherwise, if something *cannot* be realistic without being
real, what would be the point of having a separate word at all?)

In any case, I think it's perfectly clear that what I mean is "telepathy
can exist under our current understanding of physical law."  As I
pointed out, the same cannot be said for gross-effect telekinesis or
precognition.

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