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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same reason any philosophy gets up its own ass when it goes on for long enough.

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

New concepts require new words. They also relate to each other in interesting ways, which have names, too.

Alternatively, if I ever wanted to assert something more complicated than the weather I’d need to re-build the entire conceptual framework from scratch using small words and pictures.