It is amusing to discover, in the twentieth century, that the quarrels between two lovers, two mathematicians, two nations, two economic systems, usually assumed insoluble in a finite period should exhibit one mechanism, the semantic mechanism of identification - the discovery of which makes universal agreement possible, in mathematics and in life.
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It is now no mystery that some quite influential 'philosophers' were 'mentally' ill.
…the analogy between the noises we make when these noises do not symbolize anything which exists, and the worthless checks we write when our bank balance is zero….
If the map shows a different structure from the territory represented - for instance, shows the cities in a wrong order. . . . then the map is worse than useless, as it misinforms and leads astray.
This quote is just one of 10 total Alfred Korzybski quotes in our collection. Alfred Korzybski is known for saying 'It is amusing to discover, in the twentieth century, that the quarrels between two lovers, two mathematicians, two nations, two economic systems, usually assumed insoluble in a finite period should exhibit one mechanism, the semantic mechanism of identification - the discovery of which makes universal agreement possible, in mathematics and in life.' as well as some of the following quotes.