Language works when we think the same, connecting the words to the same meanings and such. But that never actually happens 100%. It might be closer to 80%. (or if it’s a strange subject, 15%)

So this “conversation” that we’re having here is, to some degree, not actually happening.

But we pretend that it is.

So how much are we pretending? How much of the conversation is hallucinatory conversation?

  • gandalf_der_12te
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    6 hours ago

    Also it’s worth pointing out that children don’t have an “innate” language. Then, how do they first learn their first language? It must be through some other mechanism than through language itself.

    This implies that meaning can exist outside of words and language. In case you didn’t realize this before.