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It’s Wednesday, late afternoon. I haven’t consumed a calorie nor checked my mobile device since Sunday night. I am nearing the end of a 3 day fasting period. I’m doing two fasts at once – no food, and no phone. I’ve done these fasts separately before, but never at the same time. I’ve also never fasted from food for quite this long before. I had done a 60 hour fast before — that’s dinner to breakfast with 2 full days between. This time it will be 72 hours dinner to dinner. I’m about 70 hours i...
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"Words have no inherent meaning."
They only serve to differentiate. We sequence words together in efforts to guide each other's understanding towards the intended message. The message is impossible to communicate perfectly because language is an imperfect means (though extremely useful). They say a picture is worth a thousand words but it would take many more than that to describe one well enough for perfect recreation. If asked to draw a tree, a thousand people will draw a thousand different trees. If the word "tree" meant something exact and inherent, they would all draw it the same.
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"Words have no inherent meaning."
They only serve to differentiate. We sequence words together in efforts to guide each other's understanding towards the intended message. The message is impossible to communicate perfectly because language is an imperfect means (though extremely useful). They say a picture is worth a thousand words but it would take many more than that to describe one well enough for perfect recreation. If asked to draw a tree, a thousand people will draw a thousand different trees. If the word "tree" meant something exact and inherent, they would all draw it the same.
Related post: Good & bad, right & wrong, and the meaninglessness of words
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