[ExI] difficult (?) puzzle

[William Flynn Wallace]

The meaning of anything is supplied by the hearer (Existentialism).  I did
not  know that you were interested in the enigmatic ("What is the sound of
one hand clapping...?"   "Cl   cl   cl").  And I have not heard that
Beatles' songs needed interpretation.  I may have told you that I am not a
song word man, as I cannot understand most of the words; so I just enjoy
the music part if I can, and I can on a few of their songs.  Yesterday,
Michelle, a few more (that I have not heard in several decades).

I see that you are quite a literal person.  The question was about
metaphor, and so the answer is:

Catching the wind in a net is a metaphor for understanding the felt but not
seen.

bill w  (did like 'otherwise')

On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 1:20 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> 'They say that a wise man can catch the wind in a net.'
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> For what is that a metaphor?
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> It is an over-specification BillW.  Any person, male or female, wise or
> other-wise (heh) for that matter any lifeform capable of wielding the
> device can catch the wind in a net.  Take one outside on a windy day, see
> it billow like a sail as it catches the wind.  The wind gets thru easily
> enough of course, but the word “catch” is over-constrained in this case.
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> Simplified and generalized form: nets catch the wind.
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> Often wise old sayings are only old.
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> The deep meaning of a Zen koan or a Beatles song is supplied by the hearer.
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