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Mini Blog Post 12: The Map is not the Territory — Neel Nanda

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An important mental distinction underlying many previous posts

Mini Blog Post 12: The Map is not the Territory Jun 21 Written By Neel Nanda One of the most important concepts I’ve ever internalised is the phrase “ The map is not the territory ”. The map refers to my mind and my internal experiences: my beliefs, my intuitions, my feelings, my memories, my sensory experiences. And the territory refers to objective reality, the world outside me. “That which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” As with all of the most important insights, this doesn’t feel like an insight - it’s incredibly hard to talk about without seeming obviously true. Obvious

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