Quotes are context dependent
Between people who share a lot of information, a certain phrase X is created to point to a concept that cannot be expressed in one word
The phrase X is used repeatedly because it is useful among them
A real-world example of Putting handles on concepts.
This handle is beneficial in that it facilitates manipulation of the "concept" to which it is connected.
So the wording of the handle itself is often "obvious" or "seems wrong".
People have personalities.
In the long run, we're all dead.
The goodness of means is influenced by the current situation and objectives
Problems that are not easy are complex
Properly subjective
People don't think alone.
When given a list of quotes, it is only of superficial value to be impressed only by the words of the quotes.
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