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Re:Tao Te Ching by scarmig on Thursday September 28, 2023 @11:06AM (#37690634)
The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you’ve gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you’ve gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you’ve gotten the meaning, you can forget the words.

Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him?

Re:Tao Te Ching by Tao3300 on Thursday September 28, 2023 @12:39PM (#37692131)
Not me. I'm keeping my traps and my words so I can keep using them tomorrow.
Re:Tao Te Ching by rando_dfad on Thursday September 28, 2023 @12:57PM (#37692427)
And I'm keeping my trap shut
Re:Tao Te Ching by kstenerud on Thursday September 28, 2023 @01:36PM (#37692931)
Words are placeholders for meaning. Once you lose the words, you lose the ability to retain the thought with any reliable accuracy due to how our brains work.
Re:Tao Te Ching by scarmig on Thursday September 28, 2023 @01:43PM (#37693035)
Words are just a lossy inefficient stand-in for a vector embedding database.