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11114197 No.11114197 [Reply] [Original]

Fuck that, Sagan. Books are only useful if they confirm my narrow, ill-informed beliefs and/or help me get laid.

>> No.11114490
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He's wrong. You cannot communicate how we do and not lie. There is no way to share true perception between two people. You can say "I have loved." and to so many people, you would be lying. But to you, youre telling the truth. You could write a book about how you have loved, and it would still not show your true perception. You could write words in every language on every page on every book in the world, about how you have loved. And still, you would be no closer to sharing how you really are, how you really feel.
A story is only ever half whats told, half whats heard. And in most cases, this is true even when the story is never told.

>> No.11114505

>>11114490
Here you are, saying we cannot know another as if you *knew* for certain that i cannot know another. You are the one being dogmatic.

>> No.11114510

>>11114505
I know for certain you cannot know another because you are not another.

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>>11114510
People dont think it be that way but it do

>> No.11114521

>>11114514
But we arent people are we? We are persons.

>> No.11114531

>>11114521
More like personas. Generally so shallow you can guess what the other person thinks by a quick rundown of their demographics.

>> No.11114532

>>11114531
But if youre the one thats thinking, how would you know what theyre thinking?

>> No.11114540

>>11114532
Well maybe not exactly but you can know generally the arc of their thoughts. That is how advertising works.

>> No.11114544

>>11114540
It would still mean Sagan was wrong here. You do not see into someone elses mind, this is false. You get your interpretation, of their interpretation of their thoughts, at best.

>> No.11114550

>>11114544
Hm. Well Sagan was a massive pothead from what i hear so maybe that is why he thought he was actually in someone's head.

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>>11114544

>> No.11114689

>>11114681
I wonder why this bastardization of the wojack meme has such traction here of all places. I guess its kind of fitting in its own way.

>> No.11116067

>>11114490
i was going to agree with you, but you wrote that down, so you didn't really share it, so now i don't agree with you

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>>11114197
>What is an unreliable narrator?

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>>11114197
Carl Sagan?

BRAINLET
KEK

I listen to the likes of Jordan B Peterson, the true harbinger of rational discourse in the age of SJW suicide bombers and islamist leftist militants