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Wouldn't a simple sentence of "I fear heights." be much more understandable if the experience of falling from a 12ft tree came with it?

Perhaps in the future experience without words will be part of language.

Posted - May 4, 2017
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  • No. One can fear something one had never experienced.  Nor can all experience be put into language.
      May 4, 2017 9:41 PM MDT
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