Thread 18116440

Magic doesn't exist. The earth is an elliptoid. Space is real. The Abrahamic God is not real (although there could be higher intelligences in the Universe).

>>18116440 (OP)
Magic exists in Harry Potter. Harry Potter exists in the minds of billions. That which exists is real. Magic is real.

>>18116440 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF8ZlCKIf30

>>18116460
It's almost all fiction, now all we have to do is figure out if we live in a simulation and we might as well say the mind isn't real.

>>18116472
How is something that exists not real? You didn't refute my point. Harry Potter can be observed in his presence through the texts, films, and merchandise spread around the globe. Most people can describe Harry Potter and can even picture him in their head. How can something wildly known to exist not be real?

>>18116492
We can't know if anything is real

Source: Kant

>>18116497
So we just have to accept that Harry Potter is real, otherwise we don't know anything at all.

>>18116508
I mean yes because it could be another universe by itself that we're peering into.

>>18116460
>>18116492
Magic is not the same thing as thoughts about magic. Textual or visual representations of the fictional character Harry Potter are not the same thing as Harry Potter.
Stop being sloppy. Words on a page are not the same thing as a person. Wittgenstein died for your sins, so act like it.

>>18116514
>Stop being sloppy. Words on a page are not the same thing as a person.

Ok but you don't actually know this for sure.

>>18116514
Are you saying Harry Potter isn't real? Sounds like a Nazi type position.

>>18116514
How do you know the events in Harry Potter didn't occur? We have accounts of these events?

>>18116522
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>>18116529
Magic does not exist. Hogwarts does not exist. House elves do not exist (but if they did, they'd deserve it). Harry Potter does not exist.

>>18116548
How can we establish what really exists then

>>18116553
We can analyze the texts that describe Harry Potter.

>>18116557
That must be the key..

>>18116560
What if we, through a dialectical process, reconcile the Harry Potter corpus with that of Aristotle?

>>18116571
Surely this would produce da trooth

>>18116571
And if nobody believes in this trooth they should be.. put down, like the dogs they are.

How to atheistically fire a pellet gun.

1. Mount any dismounted parts, this includes loading the magazine.
2. Load the gas receptacle into it's chamber. Safety should be on at all times.
3. Having prepared the shooting area, prepare some targets.
4. Keep a reasonable distance.
5. Wear your protective gear before turning off the safety.
6. Take aim.
7. Shoot.

There was no magick, but you at least killed your canary

>>18116440 (OP)
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>>18116460
>literally "it was real in my mind"

>>18116492
You're confusing a story with the content of the story. The narrative of Harry Potter in its various forms is real but the people and events described are not.

>>18116988
How is Harry Potter not real if maybe a billion people can picture him and his actions and values influence millions of people's perspectives on moral issues? Harry Potter is clearly real.