vat #12 on the nature of reality

From: Doug Skrecky (oberon@vcn.bc.ca)
Date: Fri Sep 01 2000 - 09:31:37 MDT


 "In fact, we have no way of knowing whether what we experience as our lives
is real or imaginary. For all we know, we could be nothing but disembodied
brains floating in a tank, everything we perceive just input fed to us by
some demented computer."

                 -vat 12, specimen 5 (termination recommended)



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