From: Alex Ferguson (abf@cs.ucc.ie)
Date: Sun 30 Aug 1998 - 01:37:16 EEST
Benedict Adamson deduces:
> So a group of hero questers speaking to each other are talking
> in Godtongue, or have not entirely become their gods, or Godtongue
> does not exist. Which is it?
I vote for "b) and c)", personally. However, I agree with several
So if there's not mutual incomprehension, how exactly do entities
Previous Callers that mutual incomprehension ought not to feature
on a quest (or at least, a Sufficiently Advanced Quest, whatever that
is) unless it's a feature of the corresponding myth.
communicate? I don't think it's something you can necessarily
answer in Reductionist terms. You might say "it's a magical effect",
or "it's Godtongue", but that's a non-explanation. I think that
"Godtongue" is a tongue like "Godplace" is a "place", or "Godtime"
is a "time". (That is, it isn't.)
Slainte,
Alex.
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