Adib Khorram @adibkhorram.bsky.social · 20/09/2026word friends I need help! Isn't there a fancy, like, Greek- or Latin-derived word that basically means an empty thing that we as people pour meaning into??? I may be explaining this poorly. 412
Tara Kennedy @taratlk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Apophenia is assigning connection to unrelated events, is that it maybe? 011
Nicholas A. Emmanuele, PhD (he/him/his) @naemmanuele.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In a worldview in which people are believed to be “blank slates,” those people have been referred to as a “tabula rasa.” 010
Jessica BOOOOlin: Preorder Getting Hairy, out October 31! @olinj.bsky.social · 20/09/2026If nobody gets back to you, I think I have a link saved somewhere for a site where you can explain the meaning and it gives you the word. But I'd have to dig in my Tumblr for it. 000