The map is not the territory... The only usefulness of a map depends on similarity of structure between the empirical world and the map.
Alfred KorzybskiIt seems evident that everything which exists in nature, is natural, no matter how simple or complicated a phenomenon it is; and on no occasion can the so-called 'supernatural' be anything else than a completely natural law, though it may, at the moment, be above and beyond the present understanding.
Alfred KorzybskiThe present non-aristotelian system is based on fundamental negative premises; namely, the complete denial of 'identity.'
Alfred KorzybskiIf words are not things, or maps are not the actual territory, then, obviously, the only possible link between the objective world and the linguistic world is found in structure, and structure alone.
Alfred Korzybski