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Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 08:21:01 2020 No.11379078 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11379081 >>11379082 >>11379236 >>11379602

Are words invented or discovered?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 08:22:10 No.11379081 Report

Quoted By: >>11379098 >>11379604

>>11379078
What kind of a retarded question is this? Obviously invented. How would you discover a word? Shouldn't the existence of multiple languages prove that?

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Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 08:22:22 No.11379082 Report

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>>11379078
both

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Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 08:29:32 No.11379098 Report

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>>11379081
Observe that when two people are asked to concatenate the words "one" and "one" they will both DISCOVER the same answer every time.

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Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 08:56:55 No.11379133 Report

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>>11379098
Numbers are not an abstraction of words

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Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 09:20:23 No.11379176 Report

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>>11379133
What the fuck are you talking about? Alternatively, observe instead that when two people are asked to concatenate the words "brainlet" and "brainlet" they will both DISCOVER the same answer every time!

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Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 09:27:50 No.11379190 Report

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>>11379133
lol please post on /lit/ the idea that other models are layered on top of language is the shitty foundation for most of the trash on there.

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Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 09:55:48 No.11379236 Report

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>>11379078
They’re given to us by God

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Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 10:50:50 No.11379287 Report

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>>11379098
your question is stupid
is 2x3 disovery or invention of 6?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 11:00:05 No.11379299 Report

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we discover natural laws and relationships using invented math

is it that hard to comprehend?

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Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 11:16:31 No.11379320 Report

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>>11379287
obviously discovery

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Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 15:03:14 No.11379602 Report

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>>11379078
Invented but influenced by the sound they make (see Bouba/Kiki effect)

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Anonymous Wed 12 Feb 2020 15:05:15 No.11379604 Report

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>>11379081
/thread

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>>>/x/

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