tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post3499117697560584563..comments2024-01-08T19:49:13.932+00:00Comments on Froogville: Bon mot for the weekFrooghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-39127988447404736902011-04-26T23:41:05.238+00:002011-04-26T23:41:05.238+00:00It sounds as thought that is exactly the problem o...It sounds as thought that is exactly the problem of which Bohr speaks, JES!<br /><br />I suppose the main danger he was concerned about was over-simplification. In the sciences especially, there must be a danger that trying to distil complex - almost inexpressible - concepts into words will necessarily dilute or distort them.<br /><br />Also, <i>comprehensibility</i> may not always be an unqualified good. We like complexity and muddle and enigma. You don't always want other people to <i>understand</i> you - certainly not more fully than you understand yourself.Frooghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06738623732860210935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33211251.post-56239467634563669252011-04-25T10:45:33.017+00:002011-04-25T10:45:33.017+00:00Ha. Words to live by, but not a problem I tend to ...Ha. Words to live by, but not a problem I tend to have... I tend to speak and write more clearly than I can assemble the thought behind the words! Which sounds like a good thing, in some ways, but it boils down to: I often have no confidence that what I've said is what I <em>meant</em> to say. :)JEShttp://johnesimpson.com/noreply@blogger.com