[-] presoak@lazysoci.al 3 points 8 hours ago

Alright thanks

[-] presoak@lazysoci.al 2 points 12 hours ago

Because it's water.

You'd have to settle for close enough here. You might even drink from the same glass. Beyond that ... until we invent telepathy.

[-] presoak@lazysoci.al 2 points 12 hours ago

With a bit of careful effort we can improve the process.

In fields where communication matters more we have several methods for that.

[-] presoak@lazysoci.al 2 points 13 hours ago

Get a glass of water and taste it. It tastes like that.

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You could stand next to the guy while you both look at the relevant thing. That's a pretty good way.

Another way would be to use the same method for looking at the relevant thing. Let's call it "an experimental method". Because it delivers an experience.

[-] presoak@lazysoci.al 2 points 14 hours ago

Makes sense. If we try, if we are careful, the quality of our communication can be vastly improved.

In my own particular field I often first try to ensure that all participants in the conversation share the same experience.

[-] presoak@lazysoci.al 1 points 19 hours ago

I agree. And criteria for the moderators too of course.

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Meaning is not carried by the words, it's carried by your mind. We assume that we assign the same meanings, but that's a big assumption.

These online conversations, composed of words and only words, are arguably 99% us just talking to ourselves. Maybe even 100%.

[-] presoak@lazysoci.al -1 points 21 hours ago

I'm shooting for an objective, real-value kind of perspective here.

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Surely we aren't striving for quantity over quality. Because that's where this sorta leads

[-] presoak@lazysoci.al -5 points 21 hours ago

Jump for that low hanging fruit little buddy

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[-] presoak@lazysoci.al 5 points 1 day ago

Oompaloompas.

Willy Wonka had to literally rescue them and protect them to keep them from being eaten because they're so delicious.

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And if it is a group mind, like a Social Media Community, then it is a thousand people arguing all the time (not so much packed into the girl like a clowncar as livestreaming her senses and flesh from hell or whatever). Smart, dumb, strong and weak as communities tend to be. And utterly dependent upon language to operate, which explains that. And what you are speaking to is just a gestalt. Maybe the end product of a messy political process.

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