Comments by "चतुर्वेदी हर्ष" (@hershchat) on "TED" channel.

  1. “The USA”
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  2. “Meaning” is a unique word. While it is related to assigning sounds to aspects of reality, it is more than that. A “VLOOKUP” function in a spreadsheet can assign “meaning”, in the sense that meaning is a semiotic or semantic matching exercise. This is non-aware matching. Meaning is a cognitive state that uses, but isn’t limited to semantic matching. “Monkey” = 🐒 is more than a linguistic convention. There is a monkeyness to a 🐒. It is this monkeyness that makes every monkey a monkey, and is the reason the sound-cluster, “monkey” is used for it. Monkeyness is more than a word or a mere concept. Language exploits our mental apparatus for meaning, and is not the cause of it. The basic attribute of this apparatus is “recognition”. Recognition is pre linguistic. An enzyme recognize its substrate, and vice versa. We recognize unity, one of anything, and we then cognize two. We recognize the passage of time, and the concept of weight. These intuitions are both, pre linguistic AND helpful in understanding how words get meaning. There is a fundamental reality, “Meaning”, which happens in our mind. It is what lends reality to concepts and words and communication.
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  3. “Could change everything” is dramatic but meaningless. Dr. Hariri likes to make dramatic but meaningless statements to get attention. He is an intellectual of note, but tries too hard, and discredits himself in the process.
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