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As I've grown older, I've come to find peace in letting go of semantics. Is it a dwarf planet, or is it a planet? I'm content simply pointing at the things that
by thx4allthestuff 9y ago
As I've grown older, I've come to find peace in letting go of semantics. Is it a dwarf planet, or is it a planet? I'm content simply pointing at the things that I recognize and saying, "There is that thing. Whatever the kids / scientists are calling it these days. I know a lot about that thing, but perhaps not it's name."
- Jach 9y agoOr as Feynman put it, Names Don't Constitute Knowledge: https://youtu.be/lFIYKmos3-s https://youtu.be/lFIYKmos3-s
- meowface 9y agoThis piece does a great job explaining the follies of trying to categorize things: http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-made-for-man-not-man-for-the-categories/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/21/the-categories-were-mad...
- emptybits 9y agoYes. Timeless wisdom, variations from many cultures: * The map is not the territory. * The finger points at the moon. One must not mistake the finger for the moon. etc.