imnuso on Nostr: Let's go back to your original argument: "words are data carriers". What data is ...
Let's go back to your original argument: "words are data carriers".
What data is being carried? Where is it stored? How does this constitute meaning?
You can't answer these questions without ending up making my argument: data is reality, but it doesn't represent reality until it's negotiated.
Words are lies *exactly* because people think they carry meaning, as you said.
Those lies create facts *exactly* for the same reason: because people believe them and act on them, thus partially creating the reality that was previously fiction.
Btw from this perspective, the distinction between data and information is secondary
What data is being carried? Where is it stored? How does this constitute meaning?
You can't answer these questions without ending up making my argument: data is reality, but it doesn't represent reality until it's negotiated.
Words are lies *exactly* because people think they carry meaning, as you said.
Those lies create facts *exactly* for the same reason: because people believe them and act on them, thus partially creating the reality that was previously fiction.
Btw from this perspective, the distinction between data and information is secondary