If we can read minds we might be able to literally see what someone has done and whether they did it on purpose.
I had read some plays, seen some plays, studied enough to be able to literally understand what was going on, but… felt like it just wasn't really for me.
And if the events of the last two weeks are any guide, Occupiers probably won't be able to literally occupy public areas indefinitely; they'll have to move from occupying locations to organizing around issues.
"While the musicians' union couldn't stop a promoter from underpaying bands (or not at all), José was able to literally freeze top talent until a promoter made good his debts," a 1978 article in Latin New York magazine said.
"You would be able to literally plug in your car to the power station at your local train station, sporting oval, swimming pool, library or while you are doing the groceries," Di Natale said.
When you see something hilarious on TV, you'll be able to literally push a button, chose a limited segment of that content and e-mail it to friends and family even if they don't have a Slingbox.
It lets e-commerce thrive and as 3D printing becomes more popular it will be fascinating to be able to literally walk through 3D printed products before you spend the time and resources to produce them.
Divers also indicates that this advantage is a matter of it being correct according to the theory that "the validity of intuitively valid modal arguments can be demonstrated by first-order methods" (p. 86); he points out, rightly, that merely having this true according to the fiction would not be the same as being able to literally claim it.
Actually we probably got away with it longer than we deserved because we were able to literally export our dollars and a country like China, you know, would take our dollars and then they'd monetize our dollars over there and serve us by loaning those dollars back to us.
Besides eventually being able to literally immerse yourself into your videos games, it's been suggested that this new technique can be used for less important stuff like surgeons being able to perform surgery remotely by controlling a robotic version of themselves from the other side of the world.
