Liz: the "white rabbit" was an esteemed member of the Everything List in it's 1st decade. - John
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:43 PM, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14 February 2014 07:24, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 2/13/2014 1:04 AM, LizR wrote: >> >> On 13 February 2014 21:38, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If I reported that there was a flying pig, wouldn't comp just >>> explain, "That's the way arithmetic looks from inside."? >>> >>> Why? No. Not at all. >>> You must (using G & Co.) looks at the way arithmetic looks from >>> inside, and if you find the flying pig, then yes, you can say that comp >>> explains the flying pig, but if you see a white rabbit instead (in the >>> arithmetic), you can say that comp does not explain the flying pig, and >>> might be false in case you don't find the white rabbit in nature. >>> >> >> This sounds like my sort of science! >> >> "One pill makes you larger... And one pill makes you small..." >> >> It's unfortunate that the white rabbit with the frock coat and pocket >> watch from Alice in Wonderland became shorthand for 'unreal things', and >> then was further shortened to just "white rabbit" since, in fact, white >> rabbits are quite common and kept as pets. >> >> Well as you can tell from my quote I, at least, was assuming the Alice > one! > > I think "white rabbit" in this sort of discussion is shorthand for "a > white rabbit with a pocket watch appearing spontaneously from nowhere, > muttering about how late he is" .... or words to that effect. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
