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Does the tree that falls in the forest with no one around to hear it, still make a sound?

For the person you’re replying to, it seems clear that the most important thing about the word “cost” is how much they personally pay — third parties are irrelevant.

“Sound”. “Cost”. The meanings of words are not as precisely identical as our subjective feelings tell us.




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