CoL49 (6) Either ... or ...

Paul Mackin mackin.paul at gmail.com
Sat Jul 11 20:14:38 CDT 2009


On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 8:29 PM, Dave Monroe<against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The proposition that Tristero exists may NOT be true.
>
> Is this analogous to the "problem" of They" in Gravity's Rainbow?
> Paranoia, projection, whatever, there's still an awful lot that seems
> actually, historically, objectively, whatever true about Them ...
>

Yes, I believe it is.

That They exist  is delusional (paranoid) and therefore not true, but
that doesn't mean that They aren't out to get you, so the proposition
is also not false.

P



That They exist is not true (it's only an officially prescribed
delusion) but also it is not false.



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