Gospel Koan 60.5

The Success of Meaning

Koan 60.5

All meaning makes sense in probability: 'that which is able to prove' and not improbability: 'that which is able to prove—not'.

Summary Exposition

The central mechanism is that meaning arises from consilience—the probability of a proposition 'lying against' a network of other data, whether external (objective consensus) or internal (subjective coherence). A single, potent example is a personal memory; its 'proof' and meaning are strengthened not by external validation, but by how well it coheres and aligns with your other memories and self-narrative. The implication is that objectivity and subjectivity are gradients of the same process. Proof is the condition where an intention finds sufficient consonance within a cognitive lattice, be it private or shared, to be accepted as real and meaningful, rendering the improbable ontologically void.

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