one can also start to realize, as in the example of hofstadter, or of teaching a rock, that the foundamental believes are just the automatic dynamics of thoughts, so believeing something completely different would just be changing those dynamics, which would be equivalent changing the “meaning” of things, and so i dont think there’s any sense in which “2+2=3″ could be true that doesnt involve redefining things
one can also start to realize, as in the example of hofstadter, or of teaching a rock, that the foundamental believes are just the automatic dynamics of thoughts, so believeing something completely different would just be changing those dynamics, which would be equivalent changing the “meaning” of things, and so i dont think there’s any sense in which “2+2=3″ could be true that doesnt involve redefining things