Thought For The Day

[kerravonsen]

Giving something a name doesn't mean that you understand it.

It means that you can point at it.

Comments

[izhilzha.livejournal.com]

Which is sometimes what you need in order to begin understanding it.

(Probably not thinking of what you are thinking of--I find naming things in my own psyche or history exceedingly useful.)

[jaxomsride.livejournal.com]

Names have power is an old belief and it is still true today. It's not about "magical power" but the way the name shapes thoughts. Which is why I hate labels. Yes it can be convenient but it also opens the way towards discrimination. How the names are used is just as important as the naming.


Mind you even naming something can be unhelpful. I have vertigo, but the doctors once they had diagnosed me with that were not particularly interested in establishing the cause. As they said the cause is "rarely found" which isn't all that surprising as they don't investigate!