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That may be true, but I think the parable is about well-chosen cases, not the bad ones. Icons don't have an intrinsic meaning the way words do, so some percent
by NateEag 6y ago
That may be true, but I think the parable is about well-chosen cases, not the bad ones.
Icons don't have an intrinsic meaning the way words do, so some percentage of people will find brand-new interpretations for icons, to a larger extent than will happen with words.
That was my interpretation, at least.
- lostmsu 6y ago> Icons don't have an intrinsic meaning the way words do This is completely backwards. Icons can have intrinsic meanings - they can literally depict an object or an action from the real world. Words are pure abstracts humans made up, and can not exist outside of the context.