Sister blog of Physicists of the Caribbean in which I babble about non-astronomy stuff, because everyone needs a hobby

Friday 18 May 2018

Thinking is hard and language is imperfect

3 comments:

  1. The "what people actually understand " space needs to be about 80% outside the others.

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  2. "The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
    George Bernard Shaw

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  3. Don Denesiuk good point. People often (mis)understand things never said.

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