🧠 Psychology & Mind
The Map Is Not the Territory
Alfred Korzybski & General Semantics
Synapse & Soul@synapse_and_soul•3 min read
The Necessary Reduction1 / 3
Your brain cannot process raw reality in its infinite complexity. It builds simplified mental maps to navigate the world without collapsing from sensory overload.
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The map is not the territory. The word is not the thing it represents.
The Danger of Dogma2 / 3
When a map becomes an ideological dogma, people ignore contradictory facts to protect the chart. The moment you fall in love with your model, you become blind to the world.
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It is not what we don't know that gets us into trouble. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so.
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