• spiderwort@lemm.eeOP
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    8 months ago

    But language cannot convey perspective. It can only refer to it. Language only works when perspective is shared.

    If perspective is not shared then, tho we use the same words, the meaning we assign to them differs. We may appear to be communicating but we really aren’t quite, there’s something broken there, and that brokenness generally gets translated as “this guy is just stupid”.

    This is a problem with language and the internet.

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        8 months ago

        Some opinions cannot be explained. For example “chocolate is better than vanilla”.

        There are a lot of those. It’s the earth upon which all argumentation stands.

        So at some point the question arises, “do I respect the individual?”

        But for us, on the internet, the individual doesn’t really exist?

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          “I enjoy chocolate more” and “I associate chocolate with positive memories” are both explanations that are still personal experience that isn’t necessarily shared experiences but can be understood through communication.