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Reality of words
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Fendogg
If a word falls on the web and nobody sees, does it exist?
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renWizard
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Would I need to know more about computers to answer this? (I don't know much about them)
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Fendogg
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No, this is irrelevant because the point is that the word is generated randomly and that despite how it is created, no-one has seen it.
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Fendogg
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Are we talking about the meaning of words independent of human input? Why is a stone called a stone?
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Fendogg
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A stone is called a stone, although I am no linguistics professor, as an arbitrary designation to distinguish it from other objects. It hasn't got anything to do with its intrinsic properties
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renWizard
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It is relevant if my answer to "what is a word on the web?" - which is linked to your question? - is that a word on the web is binary code stored in a server somewhere (or something like that, i.e. my answer to your original question will involve first looking for the referent of the word, 'word'). Although having said that I can see why it might be irrelevant.
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renWizard
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Also I wonder if you contradict yourself when you say "the point is that the word is generated randomly" and then say "despite how it is created". I am only saying this because I have to wait for a little bit. Is this really you Fendogg? (always pictured that with one "g" btw). I would like to say that things don't need to be perceived to exist.
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