Without a meaning/sense, an “apple” is merely a bunch of colorforms, sounds, and sensations (olfactory, gustatory, tactile, etc.). It is only the projection of meaning by consciousness that gives meaning to phenomena of consciousness. Without it, we would forever remain in a state of newborn babies or idiots. Unfortunately, in most people the projection of meaning is not going any higher/deeper than the “normal” state, which, according to German psychiatrist Karl Wilmanns, is nothing but a mild form of dementia.