It's very true that having a name for something doesn't tell you anything about it (unless it's a scientific name for a plant or animal, in which case it tells you what it's related to). I used to teach invasive species management to people who spent a lot of time in the outdoors but often weren't formally educated. One of the challenges was to show them that they had a lot of knowledge that wasn't tied up in knowing names for things or big words. Having said that, naming is helpful for sorting out information about things in your head, and for communicating about things
It's very true that having a name for something doesn't tell you anything about it (unless it's a scientific name for a plant or animal, in which case it tells you what it's related to). I used to teach invasive species management to people who spent a lot of time in the outdoors but often weren't formally educated. One of the challenges was to show them that they had a lot of knowledge that wasn't tied up in knowing names for things or big words. Having said that, naming is helpful for sorting out information about things in your head, and for communicating about things
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