“The map is not the territory, the word is not the thing it describes. Whenever the map is confused with the territory, a 'semantic disturbance' is set up in the organism. The disturbance continues until the limitation of the map is recognized.”

— Alfred Korzybski

Tags: Alfred Korzybski & map & territory & word & thing

Sometimes we forget that language isn't reality

Tags: 3rd Yearnings & word & meaning & thought & memory & contextual landmarks & language & approximation & reality & faith & Diety & Christian & Christianity & true & subtext & assumption

“Today on Crash Course Mythology we’re starting in on creation stories. This week, we’ll focus on the creation of the universe out of nothing, or Ex Nihlio creation. Basically, a god decides to make a universe out of nothing. We’ll look at the Genesis story (which has nothing to do with Peter Gabriel or Phil Collins), a Mayan creation tale, a Kono story of the beginning, and we’ll even look at the Big Bang.”

Tags: guest content & video & Crash Course & mythology & Mike Rugnetta & void & nothing & creation & Genesis & eternal god & near East & Abramic & order & chaos & water & light & darkness & death & mud & sea & unknowable & word & human & dominion & speech & Mayan & Kono & Big Bang

❝I didn't have a word for what I was for years. I was the small kid who announced to his family that if there was a God the Father, it was only natural that there had to be a God the Mother too. And Mother Nature was the only one who fit the bill.❞

— NeoWayland, Why are you Pagan?

Tags: maxims & word & small kid & God the Father & God the Mother & Mother Nature