MDDM World-as-text

[Richard Fiero]

Terrance wrote:
>...
>Lots of good surfing there.
>
>When you are in the waters of this world, when the wind of this world
>blows on your neck and shoulders, when the waves take you for a ride,
>when you position yourself for another ride, and when you smile as you
>make eye contact with another surfer, and  when you are tired at the end
>of the day, when the only Sun of this world sets and the only moon of
>this planet rises, you won't be thinking such thoughts;  Which world?
>What world? Which one of me is here and which one should act now?
>
>No, you will know that there is only one world and you are blessed to
>live in it and not in some schizophrenic and indeterminate postmodern
>text.
>...

How is this text description of an experience of surfing any 
more real than the description of the experience of Gottfried's 
rocket ride in GR? I don't think it is although the pun on 
"surfing" is quite good. Also good is my spellchecker's 
suggestion to change "Gottfried" to "Girlfriend."