I don't want to enter into a philosophical debate about true/false here
Some things are more worthy of investigation that others. It doesn't need to be a binary choice, there are levels of importance and worth in between. This experiment is extremely unlikely (to the point of being a foregone conclusion) to produce anything other than a resounding negative result.
So, the question is... what's the point in doing it at all?
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chart cat has an itch, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 12:21,
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The pyramids are pretty cool
what was the point in building those?
Why should I even bother going outside tomorrow? I'll probably just wind up at work anyway.
We should all be stationary foodtubes. What's the point in being anything else?
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 12:33,
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becasue it would be boring
but dont think that this particluer exsperiment is trying to solve the problem of bordom so i dont see how your point is valid
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i suppose
but his asking the question why should he go outside, becuase its similair to the question why do the exsperiment. but i can quite easly answer the going outside question, where as the point of doing the exsperment is under debate.
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Bit of a reductio ad absurdum n'est pas?
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Redsushi! Whoop! Whoop! Yes, that one!, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 13:04,
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i dont think so
i just that his question about why to go outside wasnt compoarble to why do the exsperment.
(, Thu 18 Sep 2008, 13:12, Reply)