From: x@x.org   
      
   On 11/11/25 16:13, oldernow wrote:   
   > On 2025-11-11, x  wrote:   
   >> On 11/11/25 04:35, oldernow wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-11-11, x  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Once upon a time   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There was the mantra ...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Don't think   
   >>>> Don't sense   
   >>>> Don't worry   
   >>>> Don't feel   
   >>>>   
   >>>> But if life is a dream   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Then does not the dreaming make it a reality?   
   >>>   
   >>> Seemingly to those for whom it does.   
   >>>   
   >>>> So if the mantra is true then is that not worse   
   >>>> than if it were false?   
   >>>   
   >>> What makes the mantra true or false?   
   >>>   
   >>> Is it not believing the mantra is true or false?   
   >>>   
   >>> Why agonize over it being some alleged objective   
   >>> reality or another when it's clearly merely what   
   >>> it's believed to be?   
   >>>   
   >>>> So what is the point?  Does there need to be   
   >>>> a point?  Is the dreaming the whole purpose?   
   >>>> So does it matter if usenet is real or not?   
   >>>> Maybe not ...   
   >>>   
   >>> What is "a point"? From the context (which   
   >>> includes the reader's beliefs about the meanings   
   >>> of the words used), "a point" is sounding like   
   >>> "a way to put - aka re-present - it".   
   >>   
   >> Yes, what is the meaning of life?  Do the   
   >> words 'meaning of life' have meaning?   
   >> Does the word 'meaning' have meaning?   
   >>   
   >> Does the number '42' have meaning?   
   >>   
   >> Maybe not?   
   >>   
   >> Is something lie that in an episode of   
   >> something like 'Red Dwarf'?  Yes, no,   
   >> maybe?   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Does saying    
   >>> equals  ever   
   >>> accomplish much save in mind, which is (haha)   
   >>> arguably hallucination?   
   >   
   > Oh my! I've apparently been interacting with a question   
   > bot!   
   >   
   > Dear charming "while true do" loop, if you're not written   
   > in Lua, perhaps it's not too late to engage some AI to   
   > help you down that noble path. Good luck!   
      
   Once upon a time I thought 'AI' meant something   
   like 'Clippy the Paperclip' with more bells and   
   whistles.  Maybe it has something to do with   
   more graphics processing.   
      
   Now I have to figure out what operating system   
   is solely written in sophistry and rhetorical   
   questions.   
      
      
   >   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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