Jun 21 2008
Naming, Knowledge, and Appreciation
A nameless backyard plant (nameless to me). It produces small, yellow flowers. If I knew the name, would I understand the plant better? Names may allow us to better make connections, to build neural networks, so to speak. So yes, a name might increase understanding, provided that the name was linked to other information.
As for appreciating its beauty, however, I don’t need a name.
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