Posts by rowdyhawk99

Is it actually easier to just go through life without thinking for yourself? Honestly, I've been wondering about that lately. On another note, I had no idea Buddhism had any connection to believing in God.

mistyfox812 said:That’s just not how it works. New words pop up all the time and old ones just... die out. Language is basically one big living metaphor—it's endless. There's no limit to the word count.

I have to be honest, I’m not really satisfied with that answer.😢I actually brought this up once with a buddy of mine who works as a philosopher, and he told me my line of thinking was just "raw positivism." So, let me try rephrasing the question: our language has a set number of sounds, which means we have a finite number of letters and characters. Even a book has a specific number of pages—I mean, nobody is actually printing a billion-page novel, right? Following that logic, is it possible to eventually exhaust all possible topics? I'm looking for more of a "positivist" perspective here. While I agree with what you said about language being fluid and metaphorical 🙂 , it feels a bit too much like saying "the human spirit is infinite"—and I’d rather not get all metaphysical on you. Has anyone actually tackled this problem before? Are there any formal studies or conclusions out there regarding this kind of thing?

Every book has its own page count, and every language has its own specific number of words available to play with. It makes me wonder... will we eventually hit a limit? Will there ever come a day when every possible story has been told and every combination of words has been used, meaning no new books can ever be written again?