Quote Originally Posted by JKDS View Post
The question, in essence, is asking why we believe in "words".
That's a great one.

I have a hypothesis that words might be fundamental in a way we don't even know. Code is words. If we're living in a simulation, well, "in the beginning was the word" goes that famous line. This is totally tautological, though, so not a serious hypothesis.

That hallucination aside, why do we believe in words?