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>Why would anyone want to create a "logically consistent" fictional 
>world?  If the purpose of fiction (indeed, of all art) is to 

?? Are you being intentionally obtuse? I know many fictional works which
are logically consistent. Perhaps our definitions differ...

>to explore.  *Everything is knowable.*  

Oh, here we go. I think what Tuffli meant was that we don't have the
eternal slave-holders of Gzzor existing peacibly for hundreds of years
next to the Bountiful Priests of Human Value without good reasons why
the two get along. Another way to put it:
    Logically consistent = adheres to common sense.

If magic lets anyone light a fire with a simple word, a logically
consistent world would not have matchsticks (again, unless something
else is involved)

>Nobody in such a world would do any of those logically inconsistent 
>things we humans do like falling in love and then throwing it away, or 
>ignoring the telephone bill, or religion, or getting up early in the 
>morning to trade words with a bunch of netters, or reading science 
>fiction, or ...  .

As someone else pointed out, I think you're confusing 'logically
consistent' with a world in which everything is intelligently logical.
It is VERY logically consistent for humans to do silly things, smart
things, smart things for silly reasons, and silly things for smart
reasons.

You first with the razor... you're post was a bit on the hairy side.



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[Pooh Bear incarnate.]
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