I'm not entirely sure who may (or may not) care, but the subject of nonsense has interested me for as long as I have been aware of the remarkable Lewis Carroll. This author brought to my mind the concept of communicating grand notions and humble opinions without saying much that anyone could understand (on the surface). Text taken from his novels and poems speaks volumes about the genius and idiocy of humanity. My personal preferences:
"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop"
-The King of Hearts, in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
"Contrariwise, if it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain't. That's Logic"
-Tweedledee, in Through the Looking-Glass
"It's poor sort of memory that only works backward."
-Lewis Carroll
Perhaps you get the point, perhaps not. Whichever, my point is this: there is something significant in the re-structuring of traditional communication. At the very least, it is fascinating.
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