> The alien raised a slender hand. "Keeneetaa that is explained in terms of other things is not truly keeneetaa, for keeneetaa is both itself, and the description of itself. Even the sound of keeneetaa is not truly 'keeneetaa', it is rather the sound produced by an object colliding with nothing."
We do have similar concepts, incidentally.
"The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name..."
Suddenlyfoxes t1_j9xgim7 wrote
Reply to comment by SilasCrane in [WP] The aliens, it seems, do not consider us a sentient species because we are unable to 'keeneetaa'. We still haven't figured out what that means. by limbodog
> The alien raised a slender hand. "Keeneetaa that is explained in terms of other things is not truly keeneetaa, for keeneetaa is both itself, and the description of itself. Even the sound of keeneetaa is not truly 'keeneetaa', it is rather the sound produced by an object colliding with nothing."
We do have similar concepts, incidentally.
"The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name..."