Re: reality?

J. Barefoot wrote:
>
> <snip>
> So it makes me
> think that maybe somewhere there's people who speak Yisian or Teonaht or
> Nova or Brithenig (maybe somewhere in the Twilight Zone?) and that
> whenever we say "Allright enough of this nonsense for right now, I've
> got to do some actual work" perhaps it's an act of genocide.
> Remember, I came up with this at one this morning.
>
I like to think of it as all those possible universes out there, that
sometimes sentients from one can sort of percieve what's happening in
another. So fiction authors can "pick up" on characters and plots, and
we conlangers can "pick up" on languages and cultures that have never
existed in our world.

I'm a strong believer in "ground truth" -- that there is a real world
and a real universe regardless of whether I'm around to perceive it, or
whether *any* humans are around to perceive it. So if my above line of
thought was correct, then the beings who speak my conlangs just go about
their normal lives, whether or not I'm "tuned in" and "watching" (or
"listening"?) to them.

Laurie
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