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Language: The Key to Misunderstanding

For true communication of a point of view, writer and reader must share not only the same language, but also a common perception of reality.

Perception: Personal Uniqueness of One's Mental Frame of Reference

Two can understand each other correctly only so far as their elemental experiences, as used to construct what one says and the other hears, coincide.

The Interpretation of Words

Our understanding of language relies on our direct experience of the component concepts which words represent.

Tick-Box Forms: The Inadequate Language of Bureaucracy

The constrictive sub-language of the modern official tick-box form is a woefully ineffective means of communicating the needs and circumstances of the individual.

The Lost Inheritance, Chapter 3: Structure

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