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Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigm
Posted By: zudoDate: 5/12/02 3:06 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigm (Mark Levin)

: Reductio ad absurdam is a tool of disproof, not investigation. If a line of
: argument leads to a conclusion that is absurd, then it is most likely
: false.

Reductio ad absurdum is the best tool we can hope for with a purely fictional game.
Logic can only indicate to us absurdities and contradictions -- in the given environment, however, we require imagination to justify ar refute any given argument.

For example, imagination reconciled the contradictory dates given in the original Marathon. Had Bungie not made up the lost network packets to keep us happy, logic would have ground us to a standstill.

: However, stating postulates that are not falsifiable (it is not possible to
: imagine any situation in which they would be shown to be false) is not
: logical.

Nor is a work of fiction logical. We can imagine a plasma rifle or a needler, for example, but can we prove it?

[z]

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Replies:

Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/9/02 3:38 p.m.
     Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmarchon 5/9/02 6:39 p.m.
           So what? is right. Marathon is just a game. *NM*Rick Blaine 5/9/02 9:30 p.m.
                 No it's a race...archon 5/9/02 10:41 p.m.
     Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmJacke 5/10/02 1:46 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/10/02 9:10 a.m.
     Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmPaolo 5/10/02 3:20 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/10/02 11:36 a.m.
                 Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmTru7h 5/10/02 11:40 a.m.
                       Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/10/02 11:56 a.m.
                             Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmMark Levin 5/10/02 12:08 p.m.
                                   Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmB-Sharp 5/10/02 5:41 p.m.
                                         Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmMark Levin 5/10/02 9:31 p.m.
                                               Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmzudo 5/11/02 11:51 a.m.
                                               Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/11/02 2:34 p.m.
                                                     Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmMark Levin 5/11/02 5:17 p.m.
                                                           Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmzudo 5/12/02 3:06 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigm•M 5/12/02 9:10 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/16/02 6:35 p.m.
                 Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmpaolo 5/11/02 3:40 a.m.
                       Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmzudo 5/11/02 12:01 p.m.
     Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmDan Aris 5/10/02 6:29 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmJonah 5/10/02 8:35 a.m.
                 Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/10/02 11:52 a.m.
                 Oh Goodness...Dan Johnson 5/11/02 10:53 p.m.
                       Re: Oh Goodness...Sam 5/14/02 10:44 a.m.
                             Re: Oh Goodness...Dan Johnson 5/14/02 11:07 p.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/10/02 11:49 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New Paradigmzudo 5/11/02 11:54 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmNeutronBomb 5/15/02 3:16 a.m.
     Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmJoeDaMac 5/12/02 9:18 a.m.
           Re: Episode IV: A New ParadigmRick Blaine 5/14/02 9:46 p.m.



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