[MUD-Dev] off-line pk

[Matt Mihaly]

On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Dave Kennerly wrote:

> [1] Several philosophers constructed arguments that the player (or
> agent) is partially separable from his physical presence in the
> real-game (a.k.a. in real life).  For example, Plato implied the real
> game is a virtual game, too, in the "Allegory of the Cave". 

Yes, they did, but that doesn't really mean much. Several scientists have
argued that the earth is flat. Plato is obviously interesting in terms of
the history of philosophy, but his work isn't any more relevant today than
Aristotle's work in the sciences is. Plato has been very influential, but
modern philosophy started with Descartes. (some would argue Bacon, but I
think they're smoking crack.)

--matt

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