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I assumed the drunk at the party was Dalinar.

He remarks later that he's angry at himself because while his brother was killed, he was passed out from drinking.

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"I've many." The man took Kaladin's hand. "I began life as a thought, a concept, words on a page. That was another thing I stole. Myself. Another time, I was named for a rock."
"A pretty one, I hope."
"A beautiful one," the man said. "And one that became completely worthless for my wearing it"

I posted this quote up on 17th shard, The second part makes me think he held one at one point and time, and then lost it.

He says he began life as a thought and concept. Is it possible that he wasn't originally human like the others appeared to be, but some creature from Shadesmar?

A connected consciousness doesn't exist in the real world, but if computers became sufficiently advanced, one could develop. Is it magical or not?

In the real world, chasmfiends don't exist, but if the amount of oxygen in the air were increased and a creature developed a respiratory system more advanced than real world crustaceans, it might. Is it magical or not?

Given the working of the lashings, it's possible that gravity as a force doesn't exist, but that invisible spirits/spren create a weak binding between the ground and other objects. If that's the case, is walking across the floor now magic? 

I think it has something to do with the cognitive realm. The shared song suggests shared thoughts, and we also see sound waves in the writing, which is also a way to share thoughts.

My pet theory is that Shadesmar is somehow moving closer to the physical realm, which is why the placid parshmen will rise 'like a storm' when its close enough for their shared consciousness to develop.

That doesn't suggest a magical system to me though. Actually, it would be helpful if we knew what was magic is for the purpose of the setting. A spren binding your shoelaces together is natural. Janath says that she doesn't believe in the supernatural even as she turns rock to ash with a touch.

I was wondering about that as well while I was reading the book.  At first I thought the faces represented the the main characters in the chapter, but eventually decided they were the Heralds once chapters starting coming up with doubles of the same image.

The Herald faces also appear the in the border of the map and eye of divinity diagram inside the front cover -- although the masked face is absent, so I think you're right about that being Hoid.

Indeed. Connecting the shown Herald to the contents of the chapters has proven to be difficult.

Also, why do people assume Jasneh was correct that the voidbringers are the Parshendi?  

Two reasons.

1) We have so many blank spots in our knowledge that to simply discount her statement leaves us with little to work with.

2) We're told repeatedly that she's intelligent and dedicated scholar, and that she's spent a large amount of time and effort studying accounts of the Voidbringers. I doubt she's 100% accurate (we're only 1/10th of the way through the story) but for her to be completely off undermines her character and the impact of that scene.

Quote from: Never on September 22, 2010, 09:30:06 PM

I think it's very clear that spren hate strawberries. The first thing to do if we want to uphold the rights of spren everywhere is to eliminate all strawberries, especially those in a jam form.

I don't know ehere you get that one from. A rights for spren campaign would involve banning fabrials bassically...

What is the only place Strawberries come from?
What is the only place without spren?

Obviously, spren hate strawberries.