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Old 11-08-2010, 01:01 PM   #151 (permalink)
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I see what you're saying but I don't think we need to analyze and get technical about everything. It's like in the 'Is Meat Murder' thread. Technically people are animals... but when i hear the word 'animal' I don't think of people. I think of dogs or cows or whatever. And when I think of a computer, the word 'instrument' never really enters my mind and vice versa. But if I would hear 'trombone' or 'guitar' then I'd think of 'instrument' almost immediately if it's a word-association thing
Well obviously... but you wouldn't get anywhere in this discussion, or any that requires any kind of critical reasoning at all, without thinking beyond a generic association. I meant my comment in context with that, and I wouldn't have posted it if we were playing a word-association game.
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