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An immortal fumble by David Strich (aka iqgoogol@gmail.com aka ...) (8-Sep-2008)

I don't simply admit that I can't.
PD <TheDraperFamily@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sep 8, 3:48 pm, iqgoo...@gmail.com wrote:
>> On Sep 8, 3:59 pm, PD <TheDraperFam...@gmail.com> wrote:

[reconstructed - as usual]

>>>> Back to question: does the nature of mass differ in each case?
>> 
>>>> Hint: A question is technically not an answer.
>> 
>>> Exactly. You didn't answer my question. You asked a question instead.
>>> Are you interested in providing an answer?
>> 
>> This thread has only 1 question (the rest are smokes and mirrors):
> 
> I've asked you two questions about your claims in this post:
> "What is the testable proposition, do you think?"
> "Is a massive electron a figment of the imagination where reality is
> nothing but massless mathematical points? "
> 
> You answered neither of these questions and then you asked ME a
> question about non-massive electrons. So I asked:
> "What's a non-massive electron?"
> 
>> 
>> "If the world was pure abstraction to begin with, then how did this
>> abstract world engender the existence of a material world?"
> 
> So let's see.
> So far you've asked a question about your own book and scoffed when no
> one is forthcoming with an answer about your own book. I've asked you
> three questions about statements you made, and you've not answered any
> of them.
> 
> Since you seem to be having some difficulty not slipping around on
> your own sh*t, let's see if you can answer some questions directly
> pertaining to your one question about your own book:
> 
> 1. What makes you think the world was "pure abstraction to begin
> with"? It's kind of foolish to ask a question where the premise is not
> obviously correct.
> 2. What do you think constitutes the property of being "material"?
> That is, in YOUR mind, what distinguishes the material from the
> immaterial? I'd like you to be very precise in this answer, because
> we'd rely on that definition in much that we'd discuss.
> 
> PD

PD, answer the question as it is.  If you can't, then simply admit it.
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