>>>>>>>>By my way of thinking, there are only 2 continents:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>1.Americus (North and South America are connected land masses; therefore they are same continent)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>2. Eufrasia (Europe, Africa, and Asia are all connected land masses; therefore they, too
>>>>>>>>are one continent.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Australia, by my way of thinking, is too small to be a continent. It's just a big island like Madagascar, Greenland, or Long Island.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Antarctica - get real.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
> So there you have it. Two continents! That ends this thread!>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>You think?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>This being UT, I doubt it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>My response proves itself! <g>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Pertti
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Can a thing prove itself? Cogito ergo sum sort of thing? For those of you who don't understand Latin, that's "Can I eat some eggs?".
>>>>>
>>>>>lol. I thought it was "I don't understand this bill".
>>>>>
>>>>>But yes, a thing CAN prove itself. I know. I have to prove myself every day (often just pinching my arm is enough).
>>>>>
>>>>>Furthermore, regardless of the sound, even a tree that falls in the forest proves that it fell by laying flat.
>>>>>
>>>>>Pertti
>>>>
>>>>Nice try, but no cigar. If you pinch yourself and feel pain, that doesn't necessarily mean you're real. It may just mean that you're an extremely well detailed illusion.
>>>>
>>>>And just because a tree is lying flat, doesn't mean it
fell. Maybe it was chopped and gently lain down by empathetic axemen with ropes. Or maybe it just got tired of standing for a hundred years, and decided to sleep for a bit.
>>>
>>>Well, then, I guess it becomes down to the definition of "being". I think that if an illusion pinches itself and feels it, then the illusion is actually "being", not "illusioning". Illusions by definition are one-way-phenomena, they won't react on their own.
>>
>>Ah, I take it you're not big on Phil Dick. Otherwise, you'd
never say such a thing. ;)
>
>Hard to be big on someone I don't even know. There could be a lurid word play somewhere here, though...
>
Philip K. Dick was a very well known American science fiction writer whose works are still in print. The Library of America just released a volume of them a few months ago. The movies "Blade Runner", "Minority Report", and "Total Recall" were based on his books or stories.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_K._DickAnd yes, I'm sure there is plenty of lurid word play available ;-) For once I will abstain....
