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Antipodean: Yes. You have G-412. |
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T: When you say that you understood, do you mean that you too have G-412? |
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A: Why should I? You have G-412. I don't, thank God. |
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T: Try to tell me what happens when you understand what I told you. |
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A: Usually, if somebody tells me they have G-412, I have Q-234 which in some way elicits the chain of states Z-j . . . Z-n (where n > j), so that I have K-33. Then I say I have K-33, and my partner says that he is very happy that I have seen his point. Look at my Encyclopedia Antipodiana: State G-412 = in situation S-5 can be interpreted by Zj . . . Zn. . . . |
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Here follows the recording of a conversation between two Antipodeans. |
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A2: You should make your neuronic bundle G-16 quiver. |
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A1: You are right. But my brother suggested that it depends on the fact that yesterday I had G-666. |
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A1: I agree. You know my brother. He is sick. However, I should get an H-344. |
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A2: That is a good idea. Try this pill. |
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(At this point A1 and A2 smiled and showed an evident satisfaction at the success of their interaction). |
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The Terrestrials concluded (i) that Antipodeans understand an expression when they succeed in drawing a series of inferences from the corresponding proposition and (ii) that they usually agree in considering certain inferences as more obvious and acceptable than others. |
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However, all these were mere hypotheses. The chances of a fruitful exchange between Terrestrials and Antipodeans were severely limited. Here follows the recording of a crucial dialogue between two Terrestrial explorers. |
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T1: First of all, can we say that Antipodeans recognize something like propositions conveyed by expressions? Apparently they do not have a mind. Suppose they have propositions: where the hell do they put them? |
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T2: Then they must draw inferences directly from expressions. |
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