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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: Software Engineering and Dreamers
Date: 1997/06/07
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Nick Roberts said

<<This brings the theory of multiple realities into play. A concept I think
most people find a bit hard to grasp (or swallow or whatever [maybe grasp
in one universe and swallow in another?]). 
>>

Actually the concept of even *one* reality is quite irrelevant to science in 
the view of many philosophers. Indeed Al Matson argues that it is a detriment
for a scientist to believe in the notion of reality, because it will tend to
cloud pure abstract thinking about what theories match observations.