The Practical vs The Pedantic vs The Transcendental

From: Michael Cule <mikec_at_room3b.demon.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 18:20:35 +0000

Brian Tickler writes
>If 99% of the world celebrates the new milleneum on 1/1/2000, then the
>point is moot, isn't it? Facts are largely immaterial when everyone
>decides they want to ignore them (witness: Elmal).

I think it may be fun to game in worlds where reality bends to fit people's beliefs but it would be very unpleasant to live in one.

If we did, the Y2K bug would have been much nastier and I would not dare go out for fear of being rectally examined by aliens.... - --
Michael Cule

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