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The secret of what anything means to us depends on how we've connected it to all the other things we know. That's why almost always wrong to seek the 'real meaning' of anything. A thing with just one meaning has scarcely any meaning at all.

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From Marvin Minsky, Society Of Mind

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More about Marvin Minsky : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_minsky