A scientific prediction

[getojack]

One day, scientists will discover that the world is indeed flat, when seen from a hyperdimensional perspective.

 

[lightofreason]

.. and so context-sensitive. Universals are where there is no context-sensitivity. Thus yangness is yangness as a universal but local context can add colouring that can make it appear 'different' ;-)

This gets into the properties of self-referencing a dichotomy - and so noun/verb, when self-referenced, can elicit nouns that appear more as verbs and verbs that act more like nouns!

A property of dichotomisation is nominalisation/de-nominalisation - one element translates into the other - this reflects wave format, a superposition we call a gerund and local context will extract a noun or a verb depending on preferences in interpretation.

For example, the verb 'to divorce' comes with baggage of involvement, responsibility etc. This can be 'lightened' by nominalising the verb into a noun and so a thing. This action will 'distance' the divorce - relax ties to it, give it a life of its own - and so act as a form of tension release.

Chris.

 

[getojack]

.. and so context-sensitive. Universals are where there is no context-sensitivity. Thus yangness is yangness as a universal but local context can add colouring that can make it appear 'different' ;-)

It's impossible to completely divorce any particular thing from a context... everything is related to everything else. We're in agreement here.

This gets into the properties of self-referencing a dichotomy - and so noun/verb, when self-referenced, can elicit nouns that appear more as verbs and verbs that act more like nouns!

Again, no disagreement. This is completely obvious and adds nothing to the discussion.

A property of dichotomisation is nominalisation/de-nominalisation - one element translates into the other - this reflects wave format, a superposition we call a gerund and local context will extract a noun or a verb depending on preferences in interpretation.

Chris, you're a master at stating the obvious.

For example, the verb 'to divorce' comes with baggage of involvement, responsibility etc. This can be 'lightened' by nominalising the verb into a noun and so a thing. This action will 'distance' the divorce - relax ties to it, give it a life of its own - and so act as a form of tension release.

In some less bureaucratic cultures, it's very simple to divorce your spouse... you simply say, "I divorce you, I divorce you, I divorce you" and it's all done and over with. The power of the spoken word.

Getojack