"'The Google affair is both catalyst and evidence of change,' said Arthur Kroeber, managing director of Dragonomics, a Beijing-based economics firm. 'We are at a turning point.'"
— Washington Post, 3:16 PM ET today
"Inside the game people are asking each other whether they were right about something they encountered in it– 'When you entered the dungeon did you see that dragon in the fireplace or did I imagine it?' But someone observing them from the outside wants to shout: 'You’re not dealing with anything real. You’ve just got a silly virtual reality helmet on.' External nominalists say the same thing, if more politely, to mathematical practitioners."
— David Corfield, March 2010 European Mathematical Society Newsletter, quoted here on 3/16
Other "silly virtual reality helmets"–
The Bible and The I Ching (The Change Classic).
See also Sunday's entry.