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Re:Three reasons fungi are not plants by yters on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:07PM (#25835629)
Whoa, even trippier, things don't exist until we detect them! That is quantum physics uncertainty taken to a whole new level!
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Re:Three reasons fungi are not plants by simondw on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @12:42PM (#25836154)
When did I say that?
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Re:Three reasons fungi are not plants by yters on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @04:07PM (#25838901)
I thought that's what you meant by this.

> Crazy implications if true!

Well, the implications are most likely delayed until someone invents a qualia detector

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Re:Three reasons fungi are not plants by simondw on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @09:39PM (#25841984)
Oh. I meant that we can't run this code:

  if (yourCondition) {
    crazyImplications()
  }
until we know the truth value of yourCondition.
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Re:Three reasons fungi are not plants by yters on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @01:25PM (#25849966)
I see, but if the condition is true, won't crazyImplications() run regardless of whether we know the truth value of the condition? I am assuming the conditional logic is running in reality instead of in my head.
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