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Re: [lojban] Imaginary worlds (was su'u)

And Rosta wrote:


Is the Statue of Liberty made of marble?


Well, perhaps in a possible world in which marble, rather than being
calcium carbonate, is in fact copper.


My (excellent) answer is that it 99% is; i.e. it satisfies 99%
of criteria for SoL-hood (including having no close rivals
for SoLhood), but falls down on the "made of marble"
criterion.


Well, I would rather say that it is the *counterpart* of the
S of L, but not the same as it.

Question: Suppose that Barbara Bush had dedicated herself to
raising puppies rather than children.  Would you be willing
to have a p.w. in which the President of the United States
was (even 95%) a black Labrador?


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