• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    4911 months ago

    That’s like saying Huckleberry Finn doesn’t exist. Just because it’s made-up doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. It exists as a concept which billions of people understand.

    • @afraid_of_zombies
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      1511 months ago

      I think it is pretty clear in the context of the joke that they weren’t saying the concept doesn’t exist they were saying the attributes of the concept doesn’t exist.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        711 months ago

        Nothing is real! I’m the only sentient entity in the universe. Now stop arguing with me, me.

    • @[email protected]
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      711 months ago

      The Sun’s position on the ecliptic at the vernal equinox is not a “concept”, it’s a physical reality, recognised by the International Astronomical Union.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        411 months ago

        And the astrology signs exist as a concept as recognized by thousands of years of human history dating back to Babylonia 2 BCE. Yes we understand that they’re likely completely bogus, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t exist.

        • @[email protected]
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          This thread is so dumb. The signs, and the Sun’s progression through them, are as real as anything else in the sky.

      • @[email protected]
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        011 months ago

        Disagree on the semantics. Physical realities are concepts as well. “Energy”, despite being an extremely useful physical measurement, is an abstract concept. “Physical realities” and “concepts” are not mutually exclusive nor antonymous words.

        In this case, the Aries/vernal point is a concept used to define coordinate systems using physical measures from Earth.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 months ago

      Except Huckleberry Finn doesn’t exist… Fictional things aren’t suddenly real just because people came up with them.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        611 months ago

        He exists as a literary character, and a representation of the human spirit.

        • @Kawi
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          111 months ago

          But the human spirit also doesn’t exist.

          • @robocall
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            311 months ago

            mine may have once existed but was destroyed a long time ago