#epistemology #rationality # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought # Meaning rather than words #to-digest >You can know the name of that bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird. You’ll only know about humans in different places, and what they call the bird. >~ [[Feynman]] I see so many people discussing [[Philosophy/Rationality/Intelligence|intelligence]], [[Philosophy/Consciousness/Consciousness|consciousness]], or such loaded words, but everyone has a different [[The Map is not the Territory|map of the territory]]. ![[Pasted image 20220610171124.png]] >Never let yourself be goaded into taking seriously problems about words and their meanings. What must be taken seriously are questions of fact, and assertions about facts: theories and hypotheses, the problems they solve and the problems they raise. >~ [[Karl Popper]] # External links