(May 31, 2016 at 1:46 pm)robvalue Wrote: Ignorant:
Thank you again
Okay, so... what would it mean for something to be "supernatural"? [1]
What I meant by subjective is that a glow-in-the-dark rabbit is now natural because we screwed with it; it just has a new nature. But if we asked if it was natural for a rabbit to glow in the dark, we'd say no. So it depends on the frame of reference. [2]
1) Things can only be said to be "supernatural" relative to a thing's nature. Slugs, by the powers inherent to their nature, cannot create universes (
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Slugs cannot naturally sing opera for the sake of beauty. Humans can. Singing opera is supernatural to a slug, and natural to a human (i.e. relative to the nature it is referring to).
2) Exactly, see above.
Is it natural for a rabbit to glow in the dark? No.
Is it natural for a glow-in-the-dark rabbit to glow-in-the-dark? Yes.
3) Chad's comment should be noted. I am not using the term "nature" in a strict sense.