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Today I encountered this 1958 edition of Korzybski's 1933 proto-cybernetic magniloquent magnum opus: I've come across references to his work often enough to not hesitate too long, even though I don't think we'll become good friends.
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Today I encountered this 1958 edition of Korzybski's 1933 proto-cybernetic magniloquent magnum opus: I've come across references to his work often enough to not hesitate too long, even though I don't think we'll become good friends.
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Today I encountered this 1958 edition of Korzybski's 1933 proto-cybernetic magniloquent magnum opus: I've come across references to his work often enough to not hesitate too long, even though I don't think we'll become good friends.
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I have a new, long-ish post on Alfred Korzybski's use of his map metaphor (nowadays simplified as "the map is not the territory"). And what I now see as its confusions! Enjoy!!
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I have a new, long-ish post on Alfred Korzybski's use of his map metaphor (nowadays simplified as "the map is not the territory"). And what I now see as its confusions! Enjoy!!
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I have a new, long-ish post on Alfred Korzybski's use of his map metaphor (nowadays simplified as "the map is not the territory"). And what I now see as its confusions! Enjoy!!
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I have a new, long-ish post on Alfred Korzybski's use of his map metaphor (nowadays simplified as "the map is not the territory"). And what I now see as its confusions! Enjoy!!
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I have a new, long-ish post on Alfred Korzybski's use of his map metaphor (nowadays simplified as "the map is not the territory"). And what I now see as its confusions! Enjoy!!
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😵 Rigid and negative thought patterns linked to increasing political polarization online
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-rigid-negative-thought-patterns-linked.html
#psychology #politics #politicalscience #mentalhealth #cbt #generalsemantics #cognition #polarization #socialmedia #research #socialscience
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😵 Rigid and negative thought patterns linked to increasing political polarization online
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-rigid-negative-thought-patterns-linked.html
#psychology #politics #politicalscience #mentalhealth #cbt #generalsemantics #cognition #polarization #socialmedia #research #socialscience
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😵 Rigid and negative thought patterns linked to increasing political polarization online
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-rigid-negative-thought-patterns-linked.html
#psychology #politics #politicalscience #mentalhealth #cbt #generalsemantics #cognition #polarization #socialmedia #research #socialscience
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😵 Rigid and negative thought patterns linked to increasing political polarization online
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-rigid-negative-thought-patterns-linked.html
#psychology #politics #politicalscience #mentalhealth #cbt #generalsemantics #cognition #polarization #socialmedia #research #socialscience
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😵 Rigid and negative thought patterns linked to increasing political polarization online
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-rigid-negative-thought-patterns-linked.html
#psychology #politics #politicalscience #mentalhealth #cbt #generalsemantics #cognition #polarization #socialmedia #research #socialscience
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One aspect, cross-connecting, is use of #HashTags: #DiscussionTopics and #Dynamics #ConnectionTools for #CollectiveLearning #MATH #MakeAmericaTrulyHealthy #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome #MMT #ModernMonetaryTheory #SharedFacts from #HealthScience #EnergyNetworkScience #GeneralSemantics
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:y5xyloyy7s4a2bwfeimj7r3b/post/3lr4pocpxck2q -
"The spirit of this time considers itself ... clever, like every such spirit of the time. But wisdom is simpleminded, not just simple." #CarlJung #GeneralSemantics #TimeBinding #SharedFacts #Semantics #Relativity
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CW: "General Semantics"
I put "General Semantics" in quote marks because I do not think it a good name and do not believe Alfred Korzybski devised the hoped-for new scientific field well.
Indeed he totally fupped it duck.
Also I do not think his structural differential (patented in the U.S. as "anthropometer") is a very good diagram, although it DOES accurately represent realities...
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CW: "General Semantics"
I put "General Semantics" in quote marks because I do not think it a good name and do not believe Alfred Korzybski devised the hoped-for new scientific field well.
Indeed he totally fupped it duck.
Also I do not think his structural differential (patented in the U.S. as "anthropometer") is a very good diagram, although it DOES accurately represent realities...
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CW: "General Semantics"
I put "General Semantics" in quote marks because I do not think it a good name and do not believe Alfred Korzybski devised the hoped-for new scientific field well.
Indeed he totally fupped it duck.
Also I do not think his structural differential (patented in the U.S. as "anthropometer") is a very good diagram, although it DOES accurately represent realities...
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CW: "General Semantics"
I put "General Semantics" in quote marks because I do not think it a good name and do not believe Alfred Korzybski devised the hoped-for new scientific field well.
Indeed he totally fupped it duck.
Also I do not think his structural differential (patented in the U.S. as "anthropometer") is a very good diagram, although it DOES accurately represent realities...
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CW: "General Semantics"
I put "General Semantics" in quote marks because I do not think it a good name and do not believe Alfred Korzybski devised the hoped-for new scientific field well.
Indeed he totally fupped it duck.
Also I do not think his structural differential (patented in the U.S. as "anthropometer") is a very good diagram, although it DOES accurately represent realities...
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"Because there are so many among us who can talk about anything, pay heed to what they live." #CarlJung #SharedFacts #EmotionLogic #GeneralSemantics #HumanReasoning #CommunityProsperity
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@anathema_device
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And folk getting out over their skis:
" 2021 review .. ashwagandha ...“small but significant effect on overall sleep”
vs
Musgrave, “Is there any point in buying expensive supplements with the possibility of getting liver damage when there’s no really significant benefit to be had?”Sometimes skeptics seem to lack rigor.
And do avoid heavy metal intakes.
cf #MartinGardner on #GeneralSemantics & #AlfredKorzybski
https://www.academia.edu/1067337/In_The_Name_Of_Skepticism_Martin_Gardners_Misrepresentations_of_General_Semantics -
@anathema_device
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And folk getting out over their skis:
" 2021 review .. ashwagandha ...“small but significant effect on overall sleep”
vs
Musgrave, “Is there any point in buying expensive supplements with the possibility of getting liver damage when there’s no really significant benefit to be had?”Sometimes skeptics seem to lack rigor.
And do avoid heavy metal intakes.
cf #MartinGardner on #GeneralSemantics & #AlfredKorzybski
https://www.academia.edu/1067337/In_The_Name_Of_Skepticism_Martin_Gardners_Misrepresentations_of_General_Semantics -
@anathema_device
2/2
And folk getting out over their skis:
" 2021 review .. ashwagandha ...“small but significant effect on overall sleep”
vs
Musgrave, “Is there any point in buying expensive supplements with the possibility of getting liver damage when there’s no really significant benefit to be had?”Sometimes skeptics seem to lack rigor.
And do avoid heavy metal intakes.
cf #MartinGardner on #GeneralSemantics & #AlfredKorzybski
https://www.academia.edu/1067337/In_The_Name_Of_Skepticism_Martin_Gardners_Misrepresentations_of_General_Semantics -
@anathema_device
2/2
And folk getting out over their skis:
" 2021 review .. ashwagandha ...“small but significant effect on overall sleep”
vs
Musgrave, “Is there any point in buying expensive supplements with the possibility of getting liver damage when there’s no really significant benefit to be had?”Sometimes skeptics seem to lack rigor.
And do avoid heavy metal intakes.
cf #MartinGardner on #GeneralSemantics & #AlfredKorzybski
https://www.academia.edu/1067337/In_The_Name_Of_Skepticism_Martin_Gardners_Misrepresentations_of_General_Semantics -
@anathema_device
2/2
And folk getting out over their skis:
" 2021 review .. ashwagandha ...“small but significant effect on overall sleep”
vs
Musgrave, “Is there any point in buying expensive supplements with the possibility of getting liver damage when there’s no really significant benefit to be had?”Sometimes skeptics seem to lack rigor.
And do avoid heavy metal intakes.
cf #MartinGardner on #GeneralSemantics & #AlfredKorzybski
https://www.academia.edu/1067337/In_The_Name_Of_Skepticism_Martin_Gardners_Misrepresentations_of_General_Semantics -
"The spirit of this time considers itself ... clever, like every such spirit of the time. But wisdom is simpleminded, not just simple." #CarlJung #GeneralSemantics #TimeBinding #SharedFacts #Semantics #Relativity
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@yvanspijk
AIUI #Cybernetics has strong links with #GeneralSemantics which is poo-hooed by some #Skeptics due to an approach taken by #MartinGardner that is disputed in the article below. -
@yvanspijk
AIUI #Cybernetics has strong links with #GeneralSemantics which is poo-hooed by some #Skeptics due to an approach taken by #MartinGardner that is disputed in the article below. -
@yvanspijk
AIUI #Cybernetics has strong links with #GeneralSemantics which is poo-hooed by some #Skeptics due to an approach taken by #MartinGardner that is disputed in the article below. -
@yvanspijk
AIUI #Cybernetics has strong links with #GeneralSemantics which is poo-hooed by some #Skeptics due to an approach taken by #MartinGardner that is disputed in the article below. -
@yvanspijk
AIUI #Cybernetics has strong links with #GeneralSemantics which is poo-hooed by some #Skeptics due to an approach taken by #MartinGardner that is disputed in the article below. -
The ultimate test of an empirical assumption is…: try to deny it, and see whether you can make your denial stick. “The map is not the territory”. You say, … “Can you produce it?” You can’t do that. Whatever else the map is, it isn’t what it is a map o̲f̲. Whatever else a statement is, it isn’t what the statement is a̲b̲o̲u̲t̲. … It may be better, worse, prettier, less pretty, moral, immoral etc., but …, it isn’t the thing you talk about.
./Chisholm F․ P․, ILoGS, 1945, p․ 38
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The ultimate test of an empirical assumption is…: try to deny it, and see whether you can make your denial stick. “The map is not the territory”. You say, … “Can you produce it?” You can’t do that. Whatever else the map is, it isn’t what it is a map o̲f̲. Whatever else a statement is, it isn’t what the statement is a̲b̲o̲u̲t̲. … It may be better, worse, prettier, less pretty, moral, immoral etc., but …, it isn’t the thing you talk about.
./Chisholm F․ P․, ILoGS, 1945, p․ 38
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The ultimate test of an empirical assumption is…: try to deny it, and see whether you can make your denial stick. “The map is not the territory”. You say, … “Can you produce it?” You can’t do that. Whatever else the map is, it isn’t what it is a map o̲f̲. Whatever else a statement is, it isn’t what the statement is a̲b̲o̲u̲t̲. … It may be better, worse, prettier, less pretty, moral, immoral etc., but …, it isn’t the thing you talk about.
./Chisholm F․ P․, ILoGS, 1945, p․ 38
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The ultimate test of an empirical assumption is…: try to deny it, and see whether you can make your denial stick. “The map is not the territory”. You say, … “Can you produce it?” You can’t do that. Whatever else the map is, it isn’t what it is a map o̲f̲. Whatever else a statement is, it isn’t what the statement is a̲b̲o̲u̲t̲. … It may be better, worse, prettier, less pretty, moral, immoral etc., but …, it isn’t the thing you talk about.
./Chisholm F․ P․, ILoGS, 1945, p․ 38
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#Insomnia: unable to sleep because of unsolved problems #Woke: working on those problems #Comatose: minimal #BrainFunction state(s) #Semantics => #GeneralSemantics #GeneralSystemsScience #EnergyNetworkScience #FamilyValues #Reality
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Improve care episodes, reach beyond individual events, via person-centered population-enabled state-of-the-art health information tools: #TemporalIntegration #TimeBinding #SharedFacts #HealthScience #GeneralSemantics #OrganizationalGeneralSemantics
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Boys and girls math capabilities the same: With vocabulary, meaning, and huge upside, #GeneralSemantics, implicit or explicit #BrainFunction #HumanReasoning #MetaProgramming #SharedFacts
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For reasons connected with #GeneralSemantics I'm wary of any statement of "x is y" but can add more nuance in other places without being taken to deny someone else's gender.
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For reasons connected with #GeneralSemantics I'm wary of any statement of "x is y" but can add more nuance in other places without being taken to deny someone else's gender.
