Language works when we think the same, connecting the words to the same meanings and such. But that never actually happens 100%. It might be closer to 80%. (or if it’s a strange subject, 15%)

So this “conversation” that we’re having here is, to some degree, not actually happening.

But we pretend that it is.

So how much are we pretending? How much of the conversation is hallucinatory conversation?

    • Spiderwort@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      5 hours ago

      So glamour is a dream. And a grammar is, what, a special kind of dream? A useful, linguistically relevant dream. Where we assert/conceptualize connections between symbols and meanings.

      And a grimoire, that’s a whole chunk of the grammarly hallucinogen.

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        I don’t think I take it too seriously, but I like that thought experiment. I think the grimoire could contain spells and spellings to shape and reshape that dream. I also like the picture below.

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          We have 2 worlds.

          The primary world is made of sensations : sight, sound, thought, smell, emotion, etc.

          The secondary world is made of concepts : Stories, models, language, etc.

          That secondary world. Ya. Words, conversation, books, social media. That affects it. Creates it.