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Vincent Campbell wrote:
> The 'er' was because you changed my question about what is an 'act', into
> what is a 'belief', even though I thought I'd put it quite clearly.
>
> Why would you need to 'believe' in the physical properties in order to catch
> the ball? I don't want o be facetious, but does gravity only work if you
> believe in it? Do frogs need to believe in the things you mention in order
> to catch flies?
>
This might be an interesting starttng point to discussing the widget/wizzer
example. I think we have discovered the nub of the problem in our communication.
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