Recently I was talking to the wall. I asked "how's it going". The wall said nothing. So I asked, "hello, are you there?". Still the wall said nothing. I persisted with "what brings you here?". The wall remained silent. I asked "how did you get here?". Still no reply. "Why are any of us here? What's the purpose of life, our very existence?" I continued, but of course still no sign of life from the wall. "Are you alive or dead?" I asked, then realized that if the wall were dead I would not be able to tell the difference between that and the response I had gotten so far. "So I guess that means there's a good chance you're dead?" I asked. Or it could be alive but unable or unwilling to reply. "Say something already, will you?" I demanded. Finally, the wall implied in a silent and hypothetical way without actually responding physically, "You sure ask a lot of questions."
