Ludwig Wittgenstein’s First Name Means “Famous Warrior”, His Last Name Means “Stone of Wit”, and, Famously, He Showed Us That Our Real Battle Is Not to Outwit Ourselves, di Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Ludwig Wittgenstein’s First Name Means “Famous Warrior”, His Last Name Means “Stone of Wit”, and, Famously, He Showed Us That Our Real Battle Is Not to Outwit Ourselves

Per Wittgenstein

Words only gain meaning through their use

And they are always used in the context

Of the game being played in the moment

So, when we use words

We are always playing a language game–

In other words

Whenever we use words we are playing with them

And– right now

You and I are playing together

So far, so good?

If yes, I have a further question:

Is math a language game?

And, if you’ll pardon the pun

Yet one additional question:

Are numbers words?

Maybe there is an equation for that

As an equation is equivalent to a question

In that it uses the same letters as equation

But for replacing question’s S for seeking

With equation’s A for answer

Which, if I’m doing the math right

Means that in our equation

All questions are equivalent to equations

So, words are indeed equivalent to numbers

And, in the final equation

Questions are answers

Any questions?

Better yet, let’s play

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