Nope, not me… I’m still trying.

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    it includes absolutely nothing that’s already familiar to you

    I truly do not believe that any thought exists without context, if you can find any examples I would be happy to be proven wrong.

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      2 days ago

      Well, every single thought had to have been thought a first time by someone, no?

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        Sure, but by your definition any thought containing any kind of language would not be “original” because it requires familiarity with the language.

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          Now you’re breaking off into something else that fascinates me… symbolism as a highly efficient method of communication. If you test yourself, you’ll find it takes less time for your brain to process symbols than spoken words… and there’s a very short amount of time in there where your brain understands what it’s looking at without the need of any other language other than symbolism.