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Exactly. But the common denominator of 'pointing' with the finger (the precursor to language) and linguistic 'pointing' (to absent, abstract 'things') is the DISTANCE from the thing that is created in both cases. Pre-linguistic pointing is the first effort to put the 'object' at a DIS-STANCE from im...

It is an interesting note to observe, that with the nature of language (and ultimately reality), the point and line is similar in both form and function to the nature of pi and from this we gain the circle. From the circle, as an entity itself we gain the structure infinite points (which compose th...

Harbal wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:09 pm But ABSENCE of logic is probably not the key to coming up with a credible theory.

Well, of all people, A.E., you should know about the ABSENCE of logic, that being your vast area of expertise.

What about as a warning of danger, when pointing isn't going to be any use? Fundamental difference, eh, between the whole range of 'verbalizations' that arise from animal, visceral states of 'excitement'... fear, sadness, pain, pleasure... and human language. Language is in a different category fro...

Perhaps better to stick to your tattered copies of Mad Magazine and the ideas found there. I also used to love it, when I was 7 years old. "Each to their own level of thinking."... A.E. Newman. But seriously, it certainly has its place and puts a lot in its proper perspective.

The nature of language breaks down to the nature of the "point" (beginning and end of finger) and "line" (finger). It is in this nature of the point and line from which further points and line manifest to the structures we observe as reality today. You get it. Thanks for the ver...

What is present can be referred to by the simple act of pointing. Earliest man used this means first and exclusively to refer to what was present, since, like any animal, he was not yet aware of the possibility and power of absence. And of course we still use this means of referring to present thing...

What is present can be referred to by the simple act of pointing. Earliest man used this means first and exclusively to refer to what was present, since, like any animal, he was not yet aware of the possibility and power of absence. And of course we still use this means of referring to present thing...