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benlehman ([personal profile] benlehman) wrote2004-01-19 01:55 am

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Every word is an act of faith.

[identity profile] wirednavi.livejournal.com 2004-01-20 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
That's pretty much what I'd gotten out of it when I thought about it. Communication is funny stuff; when you think about all the things that can go wrong with it, it's hard to believe we ever get any meaning across, yet as far as I can tell from the evidence, we do it pretty well (albeit with a lot of metaphorical stammering and stuttering and making broad, amusing Grok-want-food gestures).