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You can't use cancellation or heavenly bodies: "He is far away, or in some strange location, and he cannot see anything we can see. For instance, we cannot say
by samanator 2y ago
You can't use cancellation or heavenly bodies:
"He is far away, or in some strange location, and he cannot see anything we can see. For instance, we cannot say, “Look at Ursa major; now see how those stars are arranged. What we mean by ‘right’ is …” We are only allowed to telephone him."
- Modified3019 2y agoAh good catch, I somehow still assumed same galaxy. Thinking about it, ironically I think the direct mention of Ursa Major might have played a part in that.
- noworld 2y ago"imagine that we were talking to a Martian"
- indoordin0saur 2y agoI think by Martian he just meant "alien". Obviously if you're on Mars you could use all sorts of celestial bodies to demonstrate chirality.
- verzali 2y ago" he cannot see anything we can see. For instance, we cannot say, “Look at Ursa major; now see how those stars are arranged"