From: ed@somewhere.in.the.uk   
      
   Richmond wrote:   
   > Ed Cryer  writes:   
   >   
   >> Richmond wrote:   
   >>> Steve Hayes  writes:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:49:09 +0100, Richmond  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Ed Cryer  writes:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Richmond wrote:   
   >>>>>>> If something is fundamental, then it ought to be understood by   
   >>>>>>> everyone (present).   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> How so? There appears to be no logical or linguistic connection   
   >>>>>> between "fundamental" and "understood by everyone (present)".   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Ed   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Because if it is not understood by everyone it is too complicated to   
   >>>>> be fundamental.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Particle physics is pretty fundamental, but how many people undersand   
   >>>> it?   
   >>> Absolutely nobody! So what is fundamental?   
   >>   
   >> Try these examples of usage;   
   >> https://www.collinsdictionary.com/sentences/english/fundamental   
   >>   
   >> And these synonyms;   
   >> https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fundamental   
   >>   
   >> Ed   
   >   
   > I am not asking what it means. I am asking what things are fundamental.   
      
   Do you believe in the Cartesian "cogito"?   
   That's fundamental for me, although I believe it emerged somewhere back   
   along the evolutionary trail.   
      
   Ed   
      
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