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Originally Posted by TGS
You may be right beppe, the earth may have an intention, it might even be a "she", but what experience could you imagine having that would throw light on, or settle the question one way or the other? The fact that one can imagine something to be the case doesn't make it so, or even make it that it is possible. I can imagine that the universe and everything in it doubled in size last night - and I can equally well imagine that it halved in size. But since there is no possible experience that I could have that would confirm or dis-confirm these imaginings, the imagining is in a real sense, meaningless.
Of course, one might have an emotional response to such imaginings, and that may be a good thing, but it doesn't help us to approach truth.
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I am very glad that you picked up the imaginative character of my spiel.
