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Posted 11/10/03 - 03:59 PM:	#1
* ** * David J. Chalmers http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/papers/matrix.html

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Posted 11/10/03 - 04:07 PM:	#2
All this stuff has been much debated here recently. "The Matrix" has probably brought some philosophical ideas to a wider audience, which has to be a good thing. But from the POV of philosophy these are old debates. Same goes for the other thread you started.
The poets did not win; the philosophers surrendered. (Umberto Eco)

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Posted 11/10/03 - 04:45 PM:	#3
A link to Chalmers' site: http://www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/

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Posted 11/10/03 - 05:25 PM:	#4
blablabla[QUOTE] Sorry. Trying to get the hang of quoting.

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Posted 11/10/03 - 05:26 PM:	#5
damN!!! How do i do it? I got it almost right once, but i dont remember how!!!

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Posted 11/10/03 - 09:38 PM:	#6
philosopher00 wrote: damN!!! How do i do it? I got it almost right once, but i dont remember how!!! Click here. EDIT: Actually, quote isn't listed on the site. But is works the same way, {QUOTE=philosopher00}Potato.{/QUOTE}, using [] instead of {}. Why does the false reality idea stop at one level? I think it's sort of funny that Zion is supposed to be real, and the Matrix is not real, but Zion is just a computer-generated part of a film.

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