Helmut,
As an example of a real possibility that does not happen to exist at the
moment, consider the quality of having exactly the same genes as any
historical person -- say Julius Caesar, George Washington, or your
great-grandmother.
There are so many genes and so many options for
Helmut, a feeling, in the Peircean sense we’re using here, can’t be sent or
received, or even perceived in the way that an external object can be
perceived. As Jon explained, it can only be prescinded from an actual
experience, which means dropping out of consideration the usual distinctions
