People communicate using words. Every word fires off associations in your brain - if you think of a word, it is symbolic of all the connections formed in your brain around that word. For example, if I say the word "apple" - all sorts of associations fire in our brains simultaneously - the colours, textures, taste of apples we ate - trees, tarts, pies, new york, apple crumble.... ad infinitum. The word apple is just a symbol of what we actually mean. It is a good enough approximation, but our brains have to analyse the context, the body language, the tone of voice to pick out the correct meaning. A lot of people believe that when a word comes into our consciousness (or we become aware of a word below the level of consciousness), all the associations with that word are fired off in our brain simultaneously, and our amazing brain then picks out the correct meaning. Even if we could somehow connect our neurons directly together, we would still not get the exact meaning to someone else, as a lifetime of brain connections formed about that word would also have to be transmitted. We also shorten what we mean, e.g. "I'm going out" is not a precise communication. I didn't say "I'm going to stand up now, use all my muscle movements to walk in that direction, move my hand to the door knob..........etc". People misunderstand each other all the time, but fortunately, we have enough in common with each other to understand enough of what we are saying most of the time!
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