TagliatelliMonster
Veteran Member
Word salad? Either you are simply insulting me or I am unable to communicate with you.
Then the latter.
Not trying to insult you.
Just making clear to you that I didn't comprehend a word of what you were trying to say.
It seemed extremely abstract. So abstract, that I couldn't make any sense of it.
In a positive way, I will presume that I am unable to communicate due to my deficiency. Okay?
Ok, although I won't say because of your deficiency.
It might be me also.
I really didn't mean it badly. "word salad" is simply a concept that resonates well with me when it comes to expressing a feeling of "huh?" in response to a sentence which, while in english, reads like chinese to me...
So, let me ask a simple question. Do you acknowledge that you exist?
For all practical intents and purposes (*), yes.
If yes, then who or what is aware of your existence?
Well, I am.
And everyone I meet, which for all practical intents and purposes I assume to be external and independent entities on their own which would continue to exist after I cease to exist, seems to be aware of my existence as well. They react to me one way or the other. A nod, a look, a getting out of the way, a conversation, etc.
This goes for animals as well. Dogs notice me. Cats notice me. Birds fly away when I make a sudden move in their direction. Even wasps seem to be aware of my existance - sometimes a little to much for my taste.
Then there's also blind mechanical devices that are aware of my presence as well... Motion detectors respond to my movement. Heat detectors notice me as well. Smart camera's recognise my face.
(genuinely curious as to where this is going )
(*): I say "for all practical intents and purposes", because these aren't things that one can prove as an absolute certainty. The whole brain-in-a-vat or the it's-all-a-simulation thingy... For some reason I thought it was important to nuance my answer explicitly with those words. In every-day conversation, I wouldn't and my acknowledgement of this would pretty much be the practical equivalent of a factoid.