There’s a critically important and correct idea in the vicinity of “the map is not the territory,” but I can’t find a non-trivial discussion
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… and the “good idea in the vicinity” is almost exactly the opposite: understanding the map/territory relationship as isomorphism is wrong
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I would like to explain the nearby good idea to rationalists, but they are likely to say “isn’t this just ‘the map is not the territory’?”
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*Yudkowsky
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Rats, thanks for correction! Priming effect from Korzybski I guess!
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I think he's just using it to distinguish ontology and epistemology. Just a catchy phrase.
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