Common dismissal: “Aren’t you just saying that ‘the map is not the territory’?” Attempting to clarify, I find myself baffled. Who ever thought the map WAS the territory? (No one.) What work was denying this supposed to do?
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...but possibly feel a sense of embarrassment or inadequacy once they notice that they had made it in the first place. it seems frightfully obvious once it's been seen, and that's the benefit of refining a metaphor or analogy (better map). 2/n
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nobody will admit to thinking "the map is the territory" because it's obviously foolish. that doesn't mean nobody makes that mistake though. they just won't admit it. 3/n
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the work that making the dismissal "aren't you just saying..."is the work of doing some face-saving while updating mental models, which can feel uncomfortable. 4/fin
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Thanks! That makes sense!
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