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* they can be named without consulting official astronomical institutions | * they can be named without consulting official astronomical institutions | ||
* they can be gifted to friends and spouses at will | * they can be gifted to friends and spouses at will | ||
- | * once a fabricated planet is created, it cannot be undone | + | * once a fabricated planet is created, it cannot be undone but it can be forgotten |
- | + | ===== The problem of immortality of fabricated planets ===== | |
- | ===== The problem of the immortality of a fabricated planet ===== | + | |
The latter property of fabricated planets was of some interest to the [[Slow Club]], who have deliberated on the matter till late at night. | 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, the question becomes, to quote philosopher [[Dan Dindridge]], "confusing as fuck very quickly". | + | 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". |
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+ | 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. | ||
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+ | Another intellectual, [[Mr. Porridge|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. | ||
- | 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 possible, even if Bob says that in his imagined universe Narimba is no more, what happens if his friend Tom creates a spin-off universe, in which Narimba is revived? Dan Dindridge believes that no one should care. | + | ===== A list of notable fabricated planets ===== |
- | Another intellectual, who has asked to stay unnamed, point out that when all conscious life is gone, so is any imaginary planet. This point stirred some controversy, and the author of the idea was expelled from first the Slow Club itself, and then from the Trouser Suppliers Guild of [[prince Ruifa]]. | + | * [[Narimba]] |
+ | * [[Ahldorae]] |