“It's, yeah, because you're answering my questions."
"Is it not possible that the sounds I am emitting simply conform by coincidence to the conditions of a response to your question? "
" If you accept that, wouldn't that mean fellow human beings could be talking without actually holding a conversation? "
Why am I having a serious discussion with a cat?
The stray calico Shamisen licked his front paw and scratched under his ear. " You are absolutely correct. You and the young lady over there could engage in actions that would make it appear as though you were holding a conversation, but nobody would have any way of knowing whether or not accurate communication occurred," Shamisen said in an oddly rough voice.
"Since people may or may not say what they really mean in different situations, " said Koizumi.”