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Patris's avatar

Reading this while vintage bugs bunny on in the background- where Elmer Fudd asks the universe ‘will I ever catch the rabbit?’

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Lancelot Schaubert's avatar

It's that or follow Alice down the hole...

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Patris's avatar

If you do bring a sandwich

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Lancelot Schaubert's avatar

I was thinking more floppy drive and red pill...

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Brian Jennings's avatar

Ha ha. Now I'm going to imagine Elon as only talking like Elmer.

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Lancelot Schaubert's avatar

“I’m a hunter, not a magician!”

“I’m not good at this, am I?”

“If only I had a widdle bit of luck!”

“I should have stayed in bed today!”

“I’m a bit of a bungler, but I’m determined!”

“My heart is in the right place, even if my plans aren’t!”

Yes, there are a lot of applicable quotes.

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Patris's avatar

It helps me that’s for sure

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Lancelot Schaubert's avatar

This sounds like coping, haha.

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Hugo's avatar

The Scientific American article was published on April 1st...

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Lancelot Schaubert's avatar

Ha! Got it mixed up with this other one. Will amend, good catch: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-we-live-in-a-simulation-chances-are-about-50-50/

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Patris's avatar

Cartesian arguments rule, yes? I enjoyed this very much.

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Lancelot Schaubert's avatar

They can. It depends on which ones and how they're used. I'm no Cartesian dualist. Consider this interview with friend of the site AT Sayre:

https://lanceschaubert.org/2024/05/23/at-sayre-interview/

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Andrea Stoeckel's avatar

Even I knew this. What, if anything, did the Muskrat learn in school on South Africa?

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Lancelot Schaubert's avatar

Maximizing margins for emerald mine management in an indentured servitude economy?

Where'd you go to school?

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