“A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.”

— Alfred Korzybski

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About Alfred Korzybski

Philosopher • Polish-American

Alfred Korzybski was a Polish-American philosopher and scientist who developed the field of general semantics. He argued that human knowledge of the world is limited by the structure of human language and the structure...

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