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So I want to start today by talking about a very strange ritual that all of you engage in

Most you don't even really think about it. You just do it

It's disgusting. I've seen you though

Look, I've kept my mouth shut for a long time, but I am not gonna let you destroy this family

I've seen you pull out that piece of dead tree

Get your little stick with the carbon ink on the front you just squiggle lines on a piece of paper trying to convey meaning

Yeah, I was hiding in the closet that day. I saw you

Look, I've heard you make sounds with your throat and mouth trying to take an idea that's up in your head and put it into the head of another person

Look as much as I don't like putting labels on things making people uncomfortable

I'm gonna need to refer to it as something moving forward with the episode

I think I'm just gonna refer to it as language from now on

Now the good news is you're in good company with all this bizarre behavior you're engaging in

Practically every human being alive engages in the very same ritual

In fact, practically every human being that's been alive for the last hundred thousand years has made a similar choice

And just for the sake of the show today there are some noteworthy figures throughout history that also fall into this class of people who have chosen to use language to communicate ideas

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Like say, I don't know every philosopher we've ever talked about on this show

Just think for a second how massively important language is whether you're Aristotle

Francis Bacon Carl Popper whenever you are conducting philosophy

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