Imagine a thought so complex, so personal, or so novel that it cannot be communicated. No words, signs, or gestures can carry it to another mind. It exists fully, yet only within your own construal.
The thought is vivid, structured, and potent, but it remains unanchored in the relational field. Without the possibility of interaction, the idea cannot become part of a shared symbolic system. Its meaning is contained, private, and fragile.
This experiment shows that meaning is always relational. Thoughts, no matter how vivid internally, require alignment with other processes to circulate, influence, and endure. Solitude reveals the limits of unshared cognition: potential may exist, but significance demands connection.
What this reveals:
The symbolic and the social are inseparable. Construal extends beyond individual cognition, relying on the horizon of others to actualise meaning. A thought isolated from interaction remains incomplete.
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