What is X?” The possibility that the question “What is X?” is a viral, harmful meme
For a given phenomenon P, “Why is this so?” Asking the question “Why is it so? I want to approach another ideal I for one phenomenon P. “How can I do that?” Asking “How can I do it? Both target phenomena.
“What?” The question “What?” is asked of symbols. - Cannot [Verification by Phenomena
relevance - Dig into the why & how to achieve your goals
concrete example
- What is understanding?”
- Possibly not very useful to think about this.
- It may be unhelpful to “think with one’s head” about the abstract symbol “understanding” to create an inter-symbolic relationship such as “understanding is XYZ”.
- Less beneficial, but not always futile.
- The creation of a network of combined symbols increases the probability of following them and combining them with a phenomenon. - rootless grass, a water plant that floats on the surface of the water; even if it grows large, it has no roots and is swept away by the river current, but it is still easier to catch on a pile if it is in large clumps.
- Less beneficial, but not always futile.
- What is understanding?” Instead of “What is the process by which understanding occurs?” and “How can understanding occur?” ask
- I called the former “why,” but this [why” is ambiguous.
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