How could you know something is real unless you can compare it to something that isn't real?

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― Kenny G (kennyg), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 14:38 (twenty-one years ago)

... the B's are better than A's

― Kenny G (kennyg), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 14:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Jeremy Bentham to thread!

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Define "real".

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:02 (twenty-one years ago)

I.e., are you talking about physical objects or more abstract concepts like, for example, "Africa".

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:03 (twenty-one years ago)

if you kick it hard enough and hurt your foot, then it's real.

― Kingfish Balzac (Kingfish), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:04 (twenty-one years ago)

If you walk through a hologram of a door, you dont need to walk into a real door to know the hologram wasn't real...

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Because , in your mind, you've compared it to something real - a real door.

― winterland, Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Method Man vs. St. Thomas Aquinas!

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

A simple answer: all things are unreal unless they're proven real. Physical objects are proven real by everyday experience. More abstract concepts like "Africa" are proven real by them being commonly used. (However, that doesn't mean anything else than that people use the term "Africa" to refer to certain geographical area.) God isn't real as a physical entity because he can't be proven real as such; however, "god" exists as a concept people use.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)

Maple syrup, maple syrup.

― Vicki B, Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

???

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:14 (twenty-one years ago)

hi vicki!!

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:20 (twenty-one years ago)

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