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Dr Adequate · 28th December 2004, 09:45 PM

I keep trying to post a poll, which I've done a zillion times, and somehow it keeps going wrong. Would the moderators remove the last two threads I've started? Thanks.

Dr Adequate · 28th December 2004, 09:52 PM

Gah!

BPScooter · 28th December 2004, 10:00 PM

Dr. A., I think we come from the same sort of place, so don't take the request for definition as rude. I don't have my dictionaries handy, but I bet every one of them puts an hallucination as "something that appears utterly real, yet on further examination has no corroboration, within the experiencer or without." I have hallucinated, but I have corroboration from friends and from myself that I had voluntarily altered my mental state, with chemicals that are well known for hallucinatory effects.

Speaking for myself, maybe I'm lucky or way too uptight, but I've always been able to find that wee little corroboration or aetiology. I wish I could go out, sometimes, and see trees and cliffs like Wordsworth. I tend to look for strata in the cliffs, and look for the bird species that live there. O, for rapture, ... etc. Poets need hallucinations, they really do, and scientists need hypotheses. Wordsworth wished for a poetry of chemistry, and I think we're still waiting!

Dr Adequate · 28th December 2004, 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by Dr Adequate
I keep trying to post a poll, which I've done a zillion times, and somehow it keeps going wrong. Would the moderators remove the last two threads I've started? Thanks.

Actually, just this one. The other one disappeared for no apparent reason. I have now posted my poll.

Edited to add: the thread I would actually like people to respond on. Thanks

28th December 2004, 09:45 PM	#1
Dr Adequate Banned Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Waiting Long Enough By The River Posts: 17,897	What's going on? I keep trying to post a poll, which I've done a zillion times, and somehow it keeps going wrong. Would the moderators remove the last two threads I've started? Thanks.

28th December 2004, 10:00 PM	#3
BPScooter Muse Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 825	Dr. A., I think we come from the same sort of place, so don't take the request for definition as rude. I don't have my dictionaries handy, but I bet every one of them puts an hallucination as "something that appears utterly real, yet on further examination has no corroboration, within the experiencer or without." I have hallucinated, but I have corroboration from friends and from myself that I had voluntarily altered my mental state, with chemicals that are well known for hallucinatory effects. Speaking for myself, maybe I'm lucky or way too uptight, but I've always been able to find that wee little corroboration or aetiology. I wish I could go out, sometimes, and see trees and cliffs like Wordsworth. I tend to look for strata in the cliffs, and look for the bird species that live there. O, for rapture, ... etc. Poets need hallucinations, they really do, and scientists need hypotheses. Wordsworth wished for a poetry of chemistry, and I think we're still waiting!
BPScooter Muse Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 825

28th December 2004, 10:07 PM	#4
Dr Adequate Banned Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Waiting Long Enough By The River Posts: 17,897	Re: What's going on? Quote: Originally posted by Dr Adequate I keep trying to post a poll, which I've done a zillion times, and somehow it keeps going wrong. Would the moderators remove the last two threads I've started? Thanks. Actually, just this one. The other one disappeared for no apparent reason. I have now posted my poll. Edited to add: the thread I would actually like people to respond on. Thanks

28th December 2004, 09:52 PM	#2
Dr Adequate Banned Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Waiting Long Enough By The River Posts: 17,897	Gah!