When Does Something Exist?

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Do dragons, mermaids, unicorns and other mythological beings exist since they are present in people's imagination and very much alive there? Does WarriorForum computer-generated composite character Dennis Gaskill exist?
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    Does thunderbird exist?

    Do I exist?

    I feel a "crisis" coming on.
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    • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
      Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

      Does thunderbird exist?

      Do I exist?

      I feel a "crisis" coming on.
      You exist, I exist, unicorns exist. We all know that. But does Dennis Gaskill exist?
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    What a weird thread to wake up to.

    I'm guessing this 'Dennis Gaskill' character is a conceptualization from someone's imagination. Who that someone is, is the big question.

    Composite character, huh?

    I'm not even going to ask.
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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

      What a weird thread to wake up to.

      I'm guessing this 'Dennis Gaskill' character is a conceptualization from someone's imagination. Who that someone is, is the big question.

      Composite character, huh?

      I'm not even going to ask.
      You might want to highly consider the fact that you showed up online at about the very time I was starting to put ideas together for the book I'm writing.

      Um...............what do you want to wear to the party in chapter 3?
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      • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
        Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

        You might want to highly consider the fact that you showed up online at about the very time I was starting to put ideas together for the book I'm writing.

        Um...............what do you want to wear to the party in chapter 3?
        Hmm . . . Is it a costume party?

        If it's a costume party dress me as an alien so I can freak people out after the party.

        If it's not, dress me as an alien so I can freak people out AT the party.
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        • Profile picture of the author HeySal
          Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

          Hmm . . . Is it a costume party?

          If it's a costume party dress me as an alien so I can freak people out after the party.

          If it's not, dress me as an alien so I can freak people out AT the party.
          LOL - this is a book you're gonna wanna read, Dennis.
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          • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
            Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

            LOL - this is a book you're gonna wanna read, Dennis.
            If that's an invitation, I accept!
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            • Profile picture of the author HeySal
              Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

              If that's an invitation, I accept!
              Give me permission and I'll write you into the party dressed as an alien. I can't use real names knowingly without an okay. But then again.....we haven't confirmed your reality yet.
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              • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
                Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

                But then again.....we haven't confirmed your reality yet.
                Does that mean the denizens of the OT forum are a product of your imagination?
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                • Profile picture of the author HeySal
                  Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

                  Does that mean the denizens of the OT forum are a product of your imagination?

                  ..........Asks Alfred.
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                • Profile picture of the author John Durham
                  Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

                  Does that mean the denizens of the OT forum are a product of your imagination?
                  They absolutely are a product of Allan's as a matter of fact. As here they exists as "denizens of the OT forum".
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              • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
                Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

                Give me permission and I'll write you into the party dressed as an alien. I can't use real names knowingly without an okay. But then again.....we haven't confirmed your reality yet.
                lol - if you want to, you have my permission. It's not a very attractive name though, you might want to think twice about it.
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      • Profile picture of the author thunderbird
        Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

        You might want to highly consider the fact that you showed up online at about the very time I was starting to put ideas together for the book I'm writing. <snip>
        Oh, now I get it. All those false starts in life were just you doing rewrites.
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        • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
          Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

          Oh, now I get it. All those false starts in my were just you doing rewrites.
          Then that means ... I ... I don't exist.
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          • Profile picture of the author HeySal
            Originally Posted by Dennis Gaskill View Post

            Then that means ... I ... I don't exist.

            LOL Dennis - which one of us do you trust with your life?
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        • Profile picture of the author HeySal
          Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

          Oh, now I get it. All those false starts in life were just you doing rewrites.

          OOPS, sorry. We used to get just wicked high in college.
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  • Profile picture of the author jasdon
    But does Dennis Gaskill exist?

    Yes he does. Dennis is a small white dog. Rumour has it, he keeps a bearded man as a pet, and to help him open doors and stuff...
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      • Profile picture of the author HeySal
        Originally Posted by Ride_the_lightning View Post

        To my mind we shouldn't talk and argue about his existence, but we have to see that fact as obvious.
        Thank you. It's always fun to get a reaffirmation of someone's existence from someone we have no idea actually exists.
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  • Profile picture of the author rain21
    Phoenix ???
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      Originally Posted by rain21 View Post

      Phoenix ???
      Is that you, Zhar-Ptitsa?
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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    When it ceases to NOT exist.

    What does not exist as something?

    Its unfathomable.

    Isnt nothing something...?

    I think it may be a better question if you direct it to a specific "thing" like a song "When does a song exist"? "When does a cat exist"?

    So I guess the answer is this: It depends on what "something" represents in your question.


    Originally Posted by thunderbird View Post

    Do dragons, mermaids, unicorns and other mythological beings exist since they are present in people's imagination and very much alive there? Does WarriorForum computer-generated composite character Dennis Gaskill exist?
    Oh I see. I think our perception does affect reality. There are people who live very real experiences feeling and experiencing things that no one else can see....making others think they are crazy. They get locked up for it everyday. To them the experience is very real.
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    I had always heard that the only thing necessary to make something exist, is some nerd sitting in his basement, shouting that he is right:

    * DENNIS GASKILL IS REAL!

    * THE DUPLICATE CONTENT PENALTY IS REAL!

    * THE GOOGLE SANDBOX IS REAL!

    * MEN REALLY CAN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS!

    * TROLLS HAVE FEELINGS TOO!

    * IQ SCORING IS LIKE GOLF SCORING, THE LOWER THE NUMBER THE BETTER!

    * WHICH PROVES I AM SMARTER THAN YOU!
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    • Profile picture of the author Dennis Gaskill
      Originally Posted by tpw View Post

      * MEN REALLY CAN FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS!
      Yeah ... on the rare occasions we stop to read them. :rolleyes:

      * IQ SCORING IS LIKE GOLF SCORING, THE LOWER THE NUMBER THE BETTER!
      I'm in trouble on both counts then.

      * WHICH PROVES I AM SMARTER THAN YOU!
      Well sure, typing in ALL CAPS proves that right off. It shows more confidence too. :p
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