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Comment author: RichardKennaway 10 December 2012 03:56:05PM 4 points [-]

The rest mostly go, "this could only be explained by a mysterious substance, there are no mysterious substances, therefore this does not exist."

Comment author: Peterdjones 10 December 2012 04:06:44PM *  0 points [-]

I don't know why you guys keep harping about substances. Substance dualism has been out of favour for a good century.

Comment author: Manfred 10 December 2012 04:54:32PM *  2 points [-]

Sorry, I was misusing terminology. Any ignorance-generating / ignorance-embodying explanation (e.g.s quantum mysticism / elan vital) uses what I'm calling "mysterious substance."

Basically I'm calling "quantum" a mysterious substance (for the quantum mystics), even though it's not like you can bottle it.

Maybe I should have said "mysterious form?" :D

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