Aught is a fascinating word. As a pronoun it can mean "anything at all", implying the presence of matter, however vague or undetermined. Yet as a noun, aught means "zero" or "nothing", a complete lack of matter. Collapsing this word with "autolalia", or talking to oneself, suggests that my incessant self-chatter is simultaneously anything and nothing; either way, it completely lacks any substance and should not be taken seriously (except when I'm being serious, of course).
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