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I thought it was an easy question ... (feddit.org)

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[–] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That definition could apply to a whole sentence (or novel), or a sound like "pfft." Or it could be an initialism, a movie rating, or an analyzed string of DNA. All these and more are letters arranged in a way as to convey thought.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

An analyzed string of DNA is letters arranged to convey a living creature; not a thought. 😌

[–] Please_Do_Not@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, well that explains away one of the examples... You must be right! (I'd argue that the analysis of DNA is a thought/type of understanding, rather than the essence of a living thing, but that quickly gets towards another linguistic argument of Sausserian structuralism vs post structuralism.)

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm not taking any of this seriously, but if others want to continue taking it that way I'll play along :p