.@kevinsimler @raykryi meaning is causal connection to utility—specifically, increasing evolutionary fitness—in a narratively coherent way
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This seems v. promising to me. A first draft of my essay said something similar, but I watered it down to "connections"
Largely because I don't understand narratives (yet). But also, why is grandpa's old pocketwatch "meaningful"?...
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Not convinced anyone really has a good general theory of narratives—need to talk to some folks.
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One possibility—perhaps it's that it was meaningful to him? But yes, this possibility isn't quite accounted for.
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(in the "causal/narrative connection to utility" sense)
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