the engine · Paige Mitts
Two operating systems for meaning. Gist starts at the point. Gestalt arrives after the whole has finished running. Neither is a choice — each is an operating system, and most translation failure between people is these two systems mistaking each other for error.
Origin: her key line — "I speak for connection, not comprehension." Converges with fuzzy-trace theory, gestalt language processing, and the double empathy problem — cited as convergences, not sources.