>than they otherwise would be. actually, you don't know that. or rather, you can't say that. sure, you could picture yourself without a stutter, but if that's the case, you could also picture yourself with a worse stutter. or being a mute, for that matter. what i'm trying to say is, if we entertain notions of different worlds, we're only confusing ourselves. there's _this_, and _this_ is what we should be dealing with =)