On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 04:31:28PM -0800, Philip Hart wrote: > On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Steve Brust wrote: > > And if you happen to disagree that "most thought takes place in > > language" then we have an excellent subject to argue about, don't we? > I disagree about "most thought", but instead of arguing out of > near-ignorance I'd rather wait for the pet-scan guys to tell me. > You and him can fight, of course. I'm with Mr. Hart on this one. Much of my own thought proceeds without words. Putting it into language sometimes clarifies it, sometimes reveals it to be incorrect, and sometimes simply fails to adequately describe it. In seeking examples of the last, consider Zen. -- "In my darker moments I consider creating the eeyore fan club with a theme song by Leonard Cohen, logo by Edvard Munch and costumes by Tim Burton." -- anonymous, forwarded by Ellen.