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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4468060" data-attributes="member: 18280">Obviously.  But there are similarities (again) to quantum mechanics.The term "quantum" refers to the smallest possible amount.  It refers to, effectively, a scale for measurement.When you say, in effect, that both are unrealistic, so no comparison between them about how unrealistic they are is more than "aesthetics", you are effectively claiming that the "quantum" of realism is bipolar.  It is either yes/no.  This is exactly akin to ignoring the difference between a 20 and a 200 foot drop because, given the question "Can it kill you?" they are both answered "yes" in a bipolar, yes/no paradigm.  I do not subscribe to such a coarse measure of realism.  I think that the "quantum" of what can be defined in terms of realism is much, much finer than that.Of course, you say that we have entered the realm of "aesthetics" as though that is a bad thing.  Of course we've entered the realm of aesthetics.  I said as much in my first post on this thread.  Whether or not something bothers you is entirely in the realm of aesthetics.  Whether or not that something exists, though, is not.RC</blockquote>