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-5 Post author: MrMind 25 March 2015 09:37AM

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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 25 March 2015 08:09:10PM 1 point [-]

Well, unless any of us have the ability to substantially alter politics, none of this is relevant to reality.

Comment author: Lumifer 25 March 2015 08:16:33PM 0 points [-]

You're conflating whether you have an accurate map and whether you can actually travel.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 25 March 2015 08:23:06PM 1 point [-]

Well, I would say that if "relevant to reality" means an accurate map of a counterfactual, then yes, my "technofetishist fantasy set in some dystopian universe" is relevant to reality.

Comment author: Lumifer 25 March 2015 08:34:03PM -1 points [-]

if "relevant to reality" means an accurate map of a counterfactual

LOL. All wrong maps are "accurate maps of a counterfactual" :-D

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 25 March 2015 08:40:19PM 2 points [-]

But not all "accurate maps of a counterfactual" are wrong.

Comment author: Lumifer 25 March 2015 08:56:11PM -1 points [-]

None of them match reality.

Comment author: skeptical_lurker 25 March 2015 09:04:25PM 2 points [-]

I think models such as "If I had caught the bus, then I would have got to the meeting on time" match reality, even though they are describing events that did not happen in reality.

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