'kay, so, this singularity thing...

[altered]

There’s a pretty good mall in Cambridge. While I was in Boston still, I went there every so often. No empty spaces except where they were (very stupidly) adding office space. And they had the best little restaurant, World of Beer. If you’re in the area, I recommend it.

But that’s the only mall I’ve ever been in that wasn’t an utter disaster.

[Doktor Howl]

There’s a pretty good mall in Cambridge. While I was in Boston still, I went there every so often. No empty spaces except where they were (very stupidly) adding office space. And they had the best little restaurant, World of Beer. If you’re in the area, I recommend it.

But that’s the only mall I’ve ever been in that wasn’t an utter disaster.

Yes, but if you want to see the future, go to a Ross in an otherwise dead mall.

[Prelate Diogenes Shandor]

Also, "Tech Horizon" sounds like the name of a shitty electronics kiosk in a run down shopping mall in the suburbs of Topeka, Kansas.

That's a fair point

[Prelate Diogenes Shandor]

Well then it is like Jesus (or buddha or king arthur or pirates or ninjas) - Its real but none of the things people believe about it are true.

I don't even know what you're trying to say, there.  "Here are a list of things which may or may not be real.  Which means they're real, only people believe wrong things about them"?

Pirates and ninjas and prince gautama definitely existed historically (and the other two probably did). Their depiction in the media and the popular imagination however is far from what is accurate or even plausible

[Doktor Howl]

Well then it is like Jesus (or buddha or king arthur or pirates or ninjas) - Its real but none of the things people believe about it are true.

I don't even know what you're trying to say, there.  "Here are a list of things which may or may not be real.  Which means they're real, only people believe wrong things about them"?

Pirates and ninjas and prince gautama definitely existed historically (and the other two probably did). Their depiction in the media and the popular imagination however is far from what is accurate or even plausible

Are you saying ninja lore is not accurate?

It sounds like you're questioning the system.

[The Wizard Joseph]

Well then it is like Jesus (or buddha or king arthur or pirates or ninjas) - Its real but none of the things people believe about it are true.

I don't even know what you're trying to say, there.  "Here are a list of things which may or may not be real.  Which means they're real, only people believe wrong things about them"?

Pirates and ninjas and prince gautama definitely existed historically (and the other two probably did). Their depiction in the media and the popular imagination however is far from what is accurate or even plausible

Are you saying ninja lore is not accurate?

It sounds like you're questioning the system.

For real. I have a close personal friend who is in fact a ninja of one of the few publicly known clans known as the Bujinkan. Japanese ninja lore is QUITE accurate and I'm pretty sure they are in fact running things globally by fear of death from the shadows.

It's just how shit works.

[Doktor Howl]

Well then it is like Jesus (or buddha or king arthur or pirates or ninjas) - Its real but none of the things people believe about it are true.

I don't even know what you're trying to say, there.  "Here are a list of things which may or may not be real.  Which means they're real, only people believe wrong things about them"?

Pirates and ninjas and prince gautama definitely existed historically (and the other two probably did). Their depiction in the media and the popular imagination however is far from what is accurate or even plausible

Are you saying ninja lore is not accurate?

It sounds like you're questioning the system.

For real. I have a close personal friend who is in fact a ninja of one of the few publicly known clans known as the Bujinkan. Japanese ninja lore is QUITE accurate and I'm pretty sure they are in fact running things globally by fear of death from the shadows.

It's just how shit works.

Conservation of Ninjitsu is a well-documented phenomenon, for just one example.