-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.19 May 2005

The question makes perfect sense as worded, at least to anyone operating on a cognitive level above that of a pea. Luckily you seem to be operating on a cognitive level similar to that of a sprout, as you have basically got the idea.

Ordinarily, when I say "It's a possibility", I mean something like, "There is a possible world in which it's true."

Example: It's a possibility that I'm wearing brown jodhpurs <-> In some possible world, I'm wearing brown jodhpurs.

Even though I know I'm not wearing brown jodhpurs, it's possible that I am in the sense that there's a possible world in which I am.

However, this won't do for all cases. For example: "It's a possibility that Goldbach's conjecture is true." This simply means that I don't know whether it's true. If it happens to be false, then it is false in ALL possible worlds.

What do you mean when you say that an interpretation is a possibility?

Do you mean you simply don't know?

Or do you mean there is a possible world where you, Dovina, wrote this poeme with that interpretation in mind?

Or (this is my guess) do you mean it in the vague, wishy-washy sense that "anything's possible when it comes to interpreting poetry"?

Or do you mean it in a temporal way: "That interpretation's not true now, but it may be true in the future."

Are we strumming on the same fucking banjo yet?