4月18日，No. 108，幻想同義詞：真實與價值
世界究竟是唯心論、由個人主觀構成，還是絕對客觀論？
這個用膠帶貼住的香蕉，被當做藝術品拍賣，售出12萬美金，順帶紀錄這週狗狗幣暴漲五倍，又暴跌（但依然相比一週前暴漲300%)。究竟什麼是價值、價格？會不會虛擬線上與線下實體的區隔，也只是想像的邊界與極限？
方格子完整好讀版：
IMAGINARY, FANCIFUL, VISIONARY, FANTASTIC, CHIMERICAL, QUIXOTIC mean unreal or unbelievable.
IMAGINARY applies to something which is fictitious and purely the product of one‘s imagination. an imaginary desert isle
FANCIFUL suggests the free play of the imagination. a teller of fanciful stories
VISIONARY stresses impracticality or incapability of realization. visionary schemes
FANTASTIC implies incredibility or strangeness beyond belief. a fantastic world inhabited by monsters
CHIMERICAL combines the implication of VISIONARY and FANTASTIC. Chimerical dreams of future progress
QUIXOTIC implies a devotion to romantic or chivalrous ideals unrestrained by ordinary prudence and common sense. a quixotic crusade
FANTASTIC, BIZARRE, GROTESQUE mean conceived, made, or carried out without adherence to truth or reality.
FANTASTIC may connote extravagance in conception or ingenuity of decorative invention. dreamed up fantastic rumors
BIZARRE applies to the sensationally strange and implies violence of contrast or incongruity of combination. a bizarre medieval castle in the heart of a modern city
GROTESQUE may apply to what is conventionally ugly but artistically effective or it may connote ludicrous awkwardness or incongruity often with sinister or tragic overtones. grotesque statues on the cathedral though grieving, she made a grotesque attempt at a smile
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