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> I now try to stop believing in things. It's mostly just molecules that happen to be in a certain configuration for some time.

And so are we.

Interesting thought on the books vs pins, made me think. A sheet of paper is a thing. So maybe the book is the bag rather than the shelf.

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I considered stuff that I could manipulate freely to be a separate thing. This meant that sheets of paper (being glued to the book) were not separate things. I don't recall checking for loose leaves that I stuck in books, though. I wasn't as critical back then as I'm now :)

Oh, and the idea breaks down entirely for fluid or gaseous things.

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