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Infinity is Plural

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Let us consider the number of times we, as individuals, have experienced failure to communicate. For my hypothetical interlocutor to be a successful purveyor of truth, he must ooze confidence, his internal dialogue must be affirming. Thoughts must come to words and words must come to meaning and purpose. Not only does he need to make some sort of sense , but it must contain concrete evidence of the scientific method being employed in the direction or pursuit of something. I wont claim to be an expert of neuro-psychology or physiology so I will limit myself to describing my experience with the actual facts that unroll. Not only one meaning or one purpose but many. I am starting to sound like Robin Williams in Flubber.  Actually infinite quantities of each. The more we find the fewer we will need as we cannot possibly consume all the meaning and we certainly cannot attend to every purpose. Would it be a bad thing if we could but decided we were not going to make the effort?  Yeah, the m