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Fabricated planets
Fabricated planets is a potentially infinite set of planets that do not exist in space, but are instead conjured up by someone's imagination.
Fabricated planets have several properties:
- they do not need to obey the laws of physics
- they can be named without consulting official astronomical institutions
- they can be gifted to friends and spouses at will
- once a fabricated planet is created, it cannot be undone
The problem of immortality of fabricated planets
The latter property of fabricated planets was of some interest to the Slow Club, who have deliberated on the matter till late at night.
Consider Bob inventing a planet, calling it Narimba and depicting it as a small greenish sphere, made up of thick gases. Can this planet now be destroyed? Since it did not exist to begin with, to quote philosopher Dan Dindridge: “the question becomes confusing as fuck very quickly”.
Some philosophers argue that within the framework of the author's imagination, the destruction of Narimba should be possible. However, since a spin-off of the made-up story is always thinkable, even if Bob says that in his imagined universe Narimba is no more, what happens when his friend Tom creates a spin-off universe, in which Narimba is revived? Dan Dindridge believes that no one should care.
Another intellectual, who asked to stay unnamed, points out that when all conscious life is gone, all and any imaginary planets will be gone too. This point stirred some controversy, and the author of the idea was first expelled from the board of Slow Club, then from Slow Club itself, and then from the Trouser Suppliers Guild of prince Ruifa. Today this unnamed intellectual is a beggar and lives out his days on the streets.