Another phenomenon in language is if one is able to read, we often do not read carefully. We also can learn a definition and accept it as fact and repeat it. Three examples from Western beliefs: Golden rule, money is evil, the Hippocratic oath. Very human, yet is repairable!
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1. Golden rule as most describe it "Do unto others as they do unto you."
Now read this:
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
The meanings are very different!
#Words #Semantics #Meaning #Society #DigDeeper
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Heh. No gold standard. Vaporware.
More like "He who has more weapons of mass destruction makes the myth." :D
Jun 14, 2020 · 10:09 AM UTC
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