7 March 2015 - can’t talk about it

Jay Scott : Daily Whale : archive : 2015 : 7 March 2015

Who Knows Opinions Is Doomed To Repeat Them

reader: Wittgenstein says if you can’t talk about it, you have to shut up about it.
thinker: Is there anything we can’t talk about?
reader: I can’t say.
thinker: Wait, does this apply to TV pundits too?

clue:

The standard translation is a little stiff: “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.” — Wittgenstein

You can talk about anything—if you’re vague enough.

give me a clue so sweet and true