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   Doc O'Leary to sna   
   Re: cases where SF has predicted scienti   
   05 Feb 14 12:12:46   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: droleary@8usenet2013.subsume.com   
      
   In article ,   
    "sna"  wrote:   
      
   > >> But those were both settled before the train showed up.   
   > >   
   > > The issue is not settlement,   
   >   
   > That is what was being discussed.   
      
   No, it wasn't.  Settlement was a straw man, probably from J. Clarke,   
   introduced to double-down on the stupidity of claiming that trains need   
   a dense population to make sense.   
      
   > but the fallacy that trains don't make   
   > > sense until *after* the population density rises to a certain level.   
   >   
   > That wasnąt what was being discussed there. I didnąt even comment on that.   
      
   Indeed, you were instead feeding the troll.  I'm asking you to stop   
   doing that.   
      
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