Re: KDE v. Gnome

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From: Jason Clifford
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 00:00

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In article <907010959snz@vision25.demon.co.uk>, Phil Hunt
<philh@vision25.demon.co.uk> writes
>Actually, they are, to a large extent. The fact that you and me can
>have this discussion, and (hopefully) we both understand more-or-
>less what the other person has said, is only possible because a lot
>of the ideas in your head are the same (or very similar to) the
>ideas in my head.
>
>What are languages and cultures if they are not "collective 
>consciousness"?

No language and culture are siply the framework for expressing (often
not very acurately) ones own ideas.

A collective mind or consciousness or hive mind is the condition wherein
the individual mind simply does not exist.
-- 
Jason Clifford

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From: Jason Clifford <jason@dlsl.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome
Date: 1998/09/30
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