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== Main entry == | == Main entry == | ||
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{{li|start=y|I=S2/Fy|Q=23,02|Q2=2302|h4= Unicorns are incredible }} / A unicorn existing is impressive / Something with no way of existing existing is more impressive than something that can easily exist / A unicorn existing is extraordinary, although that does not imply it is likely / A unicorn existing on earth is miraculous / incredible (adjective with the connotation that something totally unbelievable happening is amazing and wonderful rather than just silliness that can be dismissed) -><br/> | |||
used in Douglas Gasking's joke argument against God in which he "argues" that the most impressive god is one that never even existed and still accomplished everything without there being a god. I love how this overall discussion that was supposed to prove God was so bad at proving God that it instead birthed what is effectively a very useful definition of miracles and fantasy creatures. a unicorn is incredible, and that's what makes it interesting to fantasy readers. Mr. Incredible is incredible, and that's what makes a superhero story. a god is incredible in every way, and that's what makes it "supernatural": the fact that it really cannot be believed. | |||
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== Extraordinary claims and mythology == | |||
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{{li|start=y|I=S2/HAS|Q=23,03|Q2=2303}}Extraordinary events must have happened / Incredible events are credible | |||
{{li|I=S2/STM|Q=23,04|Q2=2304}}Extraordinary events are unlikely / Incredible events are incredible | |||
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== Related == | == Related == | ||
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{{li|start=y|I=S2/ML|Q=23,05|Q2=2305}}A Marxism that exists is more perfect / A Marxism that exists is more perfect than a Marxism that doesn't / actually existing socialism (motif that a Marxism which has been realized to any degree is better than a Marxism which has not been realized) -> <s>it's strange how many people get this wrong.</s> | |||
{{li|I=S2/ML|rem=approximately what Stalin says|Q=23,05|Q2=2305}}A Marxism that exists is more perfect -> approximately what Stalin said. | |||
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== Ideologies or fields == | == Ideologies or fields == | ||
Revision as of 01:21, 21 August 2026
Main entry
Unicorns are incredible
/ A unicorn existing is impressive / Something with no way of existing existing is more impressive than something that can easily exist / A unicorn existing is extraordinary, although that does not imply it is likely / A unicorn existing on earth is miraculous / incredible (adjective with the connotation that something totally unbelievable happening is amazing and wonderful rather than just silliness that can be dismissed) ->
used in Douglas Gasking's joke argument against God in which he "argues" that the most impressive god is one that never even existed and still accomplished everything without there being a god. I love how this overall discussion that was supposed to prove God was so bad at proving God that it instead birthed what is effectively a very useful definition of miracles and fantasy creatures. a unicorn is incredible, and that's what makes it interesting to fantasy readers. Mr. Incredible is incredible, and that's what makes a superhero story. a god is incredible in every way, and that's what makes it "supernatural": the fact that it really cannot be believed.
Extraordinary claims and mythology
- Extraordinary events must have happened / Incredible events are credible
- Extraordinary events are unlikely / Incredible events are incredible
Related
- A Marxism that exists is more perfect / A Marxism that exists is more perfect than a Marxism that doesn't / actually existing socialism (motif that a Marxism which has been realized to any degree is better than a Marxism which has not been realized) ->
it's strange how many people get this wrong. - A Marxism that exists is more perfect -> approximately what Stalin said.
Ideologies or fields
- / fantasy genre