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>>10023026
Yes of course it would, it would fundamentally undermine all work in theoretical physics and astronomy.
Also depends whether the people around me are real conscious beings or just soul-less automata. Likewise there comes the question of whether we have the capability whatsoever to influence the world outside the simulation, through communication or otherwise.

>>10023026

Well I mean hopefully I could change course and not live as I am now, or kill myself with the assurance of continuity of consciousness into a better environment. Not seeing the connection between the concepts though. Also Many Worlds or something approximately like it is true.

>>10023026
The Copenhagen interpretation does not mean we live in the matrix, first of all. Secondly I think it's generally acknowledged that Copenhagen is a stop-gap measure, useful enough as a philosophical apparatus to allow physicists to continue practicing without getting wrapped up in conceptual labyrinths, but not really providing a satisfactory understanding of what the formalism says about the world.

I read in a book that Bohr even understood that there was an objective reality behind the phenomena in question, and reading some of the statements he made leads me to believe the same. I'm more drawn to the simplicity of the Everett interpretation, but I also acknowledge that it needs to be reconciled with the Born rule mathematically and Bell's theorem philosophically.

Forcefully grab him by the hips and make out with him, biting his lower lip and telling him he is my gf now

>>10023003
Shakespeare is discussed fairly often on here. You must be new. Welcome! Now fuck off and start with the Greeks.

Whenever there is a thread about the greatest writer of all time, a bunch of anglos pop up and imediately say his name. There isn't discussion as much as just praise

>>10023003
>>10023216
His works are too great and lacking in memes for lit's puny brain to handle. Also, lit loves gossiping about an author's personal life and since we know virtually nothing about Shakespeare, there's nothing to say.

>>10022975
I do. Read through his work some time ago and was a little stunned that of his novels his clear best is House of the Seven Gables, the one I expected least of, the meme book of my grandparents, and yet it's unquestionably so even though Blithedale read as if written years after it actually was, and was fun to read. One of the greats, but like Henry Adams or R.H. Dana ridiculously neglected. Except Scarlet A.

>>10023283
what about Marble Faun? I have never seen a better tribute to the city of Rome (and to any city)

>>10023420
I don't think H was capable of writing anything bad. But despite great moments.. (you) know where I'm going with this....

Start by not telling people about what you plan to write before you write it. There's nothing you can tell us you plan to do that matters, all that matters is how you do it. Got it? Go.

>>10022966
I just have a problem with writing the beginning of the story, every time.

>>10022966
By "beggining of the story" i just mean literally the first 3-4 sentences in the "Day 0" chapter.

>>10022935
how much did you pay for it?

I genuinely don't know, you tell me.

>>10022961
$8 or so

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Japanese literature is shit.

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>>10022880
Except Shusaku Endo I forget. And Dazai.

>>10022880
They literally only have punpun and thats a comic. rest is shitttttt

>>10022870
>audiobooks

There's your problem.

>>10022870
Some of the audiobooks I've used broke down into segments :^)

>>10023067
I can't very well read while I'm driving.

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I daydream about reading books. Or about being a writer. Or an artist.
I think I'm the biggest joke in history.

I feel like I'm Mario from Super Mario Bros. Entering a pipe I instantly come out the other side never to take a moment inside the pipe.

>>10023352
What the fuck

Holy shit
I've never seen someone so accurately describe the way that I've felt about politics in America in ways I couldn't put to words.

>it's another "Jacobite editor canvassing 4chan thread!"

I just did. It was meh.
As someone who's been living on the outside for my whole life I just thought this was common knowledge and could have been said in half the words

>"its hard being black :("
>*rich white liberals masturbate in unison*

why are black men so cucked

>>10022777

Back when this came out, some anon literally ripped the shit out of Coates' "worldview" in two posts. I'll have to dig through warosu to find them

In short: he's a one-trick pony. He's Black Tumblr, always playing the victim. Everything is an assault on him.

>>10022751
ghost/aliens in in a format he might like.

>>10022762
>ghost/aliens
That one looks kinda fun for him, thanks.

Any recommendations of books playing it straight? And I don't think he'd like all the new agey bullshit that was trendy back in the day either. One would think it was a more popular theme for fiction books back in the day, but I'm really having a tough time trying to find something like this.

>>10022817
Books on remote viewing because it was a real government program.

>that that

>had had

>that that

>>10022613
use oxford bibliographies

>>10022740
http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756223/obo-9780199756223-0080.xml?rskey=K7fctz&result=1&q=reagan+presidency#firstMatch

Example

Better Day Coming by Adam Fairclough

>>10022560
The Fault In Our Stars.

>>10022560
Contact of course.
His Master's Voice