From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2025-04-12, Ed Cryer  wrote:   
      
   > Be thankful for language.   
      
   And shadows. Don't forget shadows!   
      
   And reflections. Don't forget reflections!   
      
   Hey, I know! Let's be sure to remember and focus on   
   everything *BUT* underlying ineffable reality!   
      
   > Without it you couldn't talk to other people about how   
   > nothing makes sense.  (:-   
      
   What other people?   
      
   There seem to be models of other people in the seeming   
   conceptual modeling space that includes a model of a person   
   called "me".   
      
   In fact, their models don't even make sense apart from the   
   "me" model, and vice versa, being mutually defined like   
   all conceptual opposites.   
      
   > BTW, I find comparative linguistics just as interesting as   
   > delving into the roots of human reason. Chess, crosswords,   
   > philosophy, literature and language; they give life a   
   > purpose if you can't accept any externally given one.   
      
   We endow shadows/reflections/thoughts with the property of   
   "reality", and then stand amazed at their seeming reality.   
      
   Who's fooling who?   
      
   Indeed....   
      
   --   
   NPC's dutifully ignored.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)