http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3007
Looks like you literally can't even read a dictionary:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literally
> 2 : in effect : virtually <will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice — Norman Cousins>
It's fun to take illiterate pedants down a peg. Everyone should try it for themselves.
Yes, there is ample evidence that it was used to mean "with emphasis, but not in reality" for some time. I was wrong. I was attempting to make a glib remark without much consideration for facts...next time I'll endeavor to either keep my snide commentary to myself, or at least do a bit of fact checking.
...but in the mean time/back to the parent topic, people really should read Phillip K. Dick. He's a fantastic writer and visionary, and uses language far better than I can.
And yeah, I'm completely in agreement: PKD is amazing.