[musings] one formulation of meaning is priors overlaying perception, expectations of experience (informed by memories and stories)
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this explains 'sacred' meaning: insight is rewarded by our minds on a fundamental level, and one failure mode of that is meaning overload
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too much insight leads the careless thinker to tarpits (or highly connected webs of concepts): e.g. kabbala, numerology, astrology, theology
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