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The Map Is Not the Territory

the map iz not the TAIR-ih-tor-ee

/ðə mæp ɪz nɒt ðə ˈtɛrɪtɔːriː/

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themapisnottheterritory

Dictionary meaning

Our representations of reality are not reality itself

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