Amanojack comments on Replace the Symbol with the Substance - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Amanojack 11 March 2010 05:57:10PM 2 points [-]

Great post.

Or you'll notice, but you won't realize you've lost sight of your original purpose, because you're "getting an education" and that's how you mentally described your goal.

To categorize is to throw away information.

Exactly, yet words themselves - even if you expand them out to be one level more precise - are still just rough categorizations. Taboo involves communication, but what about when thinking on your own? If it's only for your own self, you can just think of a baseball game (visualize it, etc.). A picture is worth (at least) a thousand words.