One idea that really interests me is the idea of how well we communicate amongst others. Is speaking to one another a way of directly transferring one's ideas to another? Is it even possible for two humans to accurately transmit messages to each other without any sort of distortion? Several of the theorist I've read about suggests that it is not. The limitations of humans simply forbid perfect communication. John Peters says (and I agree) that the human form is inherently insufficient for literal translation of messages. Language is the ultimate barrier for understand meanings. Several theorists say that meanings are in our minds and the words we use are a simple way of forcing another to understand to gist of what they are trying to say without full comprehension. It is because of our learned experiences that we associate with the words we learn that we have any meaning or a language at all. Each person has different experiences in life which means we each have a slightly different meaning for the things we say.
Peters says explains that the only true form of pure communication is through telepathy. This idea of telepathy has been toyed with in the media but also in our myths, legends, and religious beliefs for as long as time has lasted. The ideal form of this mental telepathy is best illustrated through the form of angelic communication. Angels stand for communication as if bodies didn't matter. They have the capacity for a pure coupling of the signifier and the signified. This is why we typically see angels in dreams rather than in a physical environment. We are better adapted for more direct understanding of messages when words don't distort it.
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