Re: Qualia Question

lesterDELzick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Lester Zick) wrote:
> Language is your data.
>
> Regards - Lester

That's where you and I will never see eye to eye.

Language is YOUR data, not mine. It's the stuff I avoid like the plague.

Language is nothing more than human mouth farts. The last thing you want
to study when trying to understand the nature of human intelligent behavior
is language.

The worst language to study is any language that attempts to define itself
through self reference. One you do that, you create a loop that allows you
to insert any "fact" into the loop and make it a self fulfilling prophecy -
a tautology. It becomes ungrounded to any reality so it can float off into
any fantasy the speaker cares to create.

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Curt Welch http://CurtWelch.Com/
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