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From: goetz@cs.buffalo.edu (Phil Goetz)
Subject: Re: art and stuff (Re: Plot in interactive works)
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In article <CxL4K9.9M@runic.mind.org>,
Alexander Williams <thantos@runic.mind.org> wrote:

>To be honest, to say that ``Simulationist IF cannot work,'' to me seems
>akin to saying ``The Mona Lisa can't be art because it doesn't actively
>evoke a response, instead it just /sits/ there.''

To be honest, I've been thinking that myself.  I don't understand
how something with no temporal dimension can be great art.

Phil goetz@cs.buffalo.edu
