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It is impossible to share definitions of natural-language words, at least pending advanced brain scanning technology. That's a limitation of physical reality, n
by whatshisface 5y ago
It is impossible to share definitions of natural-language words, at least pending advanced brain scanning technology. That's a limitation of physical reality, not a philosophical flaw.
- Sohcahtoa82 5y agoAre you implying that definitions aren't real because they're not physical objects?
- whatshisface 5y agoI'm implying that natural-language definitions are physical objects, in your brain, made up of brain stuff, and that you can't write them down in ways that are much briefer than a full description of their physical manifestation, although you can roughly approximate them in something like a dictionary.
- dpierce9 5y agoThen why bother writing these sentences? I have no idea what you mean by them.