Uke 33 - ord, betydning og substans
Alle ord har mange betydninger
Alle betydninger har mange ord
Substansen (meningen) oppstår i relasjonen mellom ord og omgivelse ("kontekst"…‽)
Ytringer uten relasjon til omgivelse er alltid meningsløse; floskler, svada, LLM, Cheat-GPT, mm.
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“The secret of what anything means to us depends on how we've connected it to all the other things we know.
That's why it's almost always wrong to seek the "real meaning" of anything. A thing with just one meaning has scarcely any meaning at all.”
- Marvin Minsky (1927-2016)
“Words are the source of misunderstandings.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944)
"Words don't mean, people mean."
—Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950)
"If words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure, and structure alone."
—Alfred Korzybski (1879-1950)
"If men do not pour new wine into old bottles, they do something almost as bad: they invest old words with new meanings."
― Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001)
“If words were nuts and bolts, people could make any bolt fit into any nut: they'd just squish the one into the other, as in some surrealistic painting where everything goes soft. Language, in human hands, becomes almost like a fluid, despite the coarse grain of its components.”
“Who controls the words controls your thoughts.”
"Whatever is worth saying, can be stated in fifty words or less."
— Stanislaw Ulam (1909-1984)
"You've got to judge people, ultimately, by their actions rather than their words."
—William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012)
"If your words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won't make them relevant."
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
― Edward Bernays (1891-1995)
“To me, a wicked man who is also eloquent seems the most guilty of them all. He'll cut your throat as bold as brass, because he can dress up murder in handsome words.”
― Euripides (480-406BC)
“English is a curiously expressive language. Womb, room, tomb. It sums up living in three words.”
― Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)
“Words are like Leaves; and where they most abound,
Much Fruit of Sense beneath is rarely found.”
― Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
“My words fly up, my thoughts remain below: Words without thoughts never to heaven go.”
—William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
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