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I'm reading George Lakoff's Metaphors We Live By.
Most of us think of argument as war; as something to be won or lost. We attack our opponent's positions. We shoot down their points.
What if we came upon a culture that viewed argument not as war, but something else; for instance, dance? They would experience argument differently than us.
Yet we would not recognize them as arguing. They'd be doing something else, for us.
Metaphor is cognitive and experiential, not just linguistic.
@muninn@social.coop@kdsch "If every opposition carries within it the seeds of agreement," then, "...the brighter your virtue, the higher you'll rise." - text of the I Ching via late-90s indie band Splashdown