From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2025-03-14, D  wrote:   
      
   >> I get a kick out of how people think they're going to   
   >> reveal some external reality using words, and then their   
   >> offering turns out to be just so much " is > of other words>", which reveals to me nothing about an   
   >> external reality while telling me a lot about how an   
   >> individual believes words they know are related.   
   >   
   > Well, I think in that case, usenet is probably the wrong   
   > medium for you.  As I said, if you want proof, open your   
   > eyes and look at the world. If you doubt your senses, you   
   > have refuted yourself, since any conversation then becomes   
   > meaningless, since you cannot even be certain about the   
   > words you are reading, or the thoughts you are thinking.   
   >   
   >> And yet they remain convinced they've revealed some   
   >> external reality to me!   
   >   
   > As I said... if you deny your senses, a good pscyhologist   
   > hopefully will clear that up. =)   
      
   Far be it from "me" to deny senses! It's getting lost in   
   descriptions of what they "are", of their raw , and of their belonging to some person/individual   
   that leans cave wall delusional.   
      
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