Convey Your Thoughts with Care: The Language of Specificity, Definition and Description

William joins Karen to propose some ideas around the necessity of specificity in language, what it means to be "obvious", and how definition differs from description. As Peterson says, tell the truth, at least don't lie.

Karen will be one of the speakers at the Pacific Northwest Estuary conference in Olympia, WA (September 12-15) sponsored by Grail Country's Nate Hile. Info here: https://www.estuarynorthwest2024.com/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:15 Estuary Conference information

03:00 Laying out the topic

10:07 Importance of Specificity in Language

15:10 Importance of Specificity in Communication

28:02 Intercultural Communication and Misunderstandings

31:39 Definitions vs. Descriptions

45:32 Hemispheres of the Brain and Marriage Analogy

54:00 More on Definitions and Descriptions

59:57 The Nature of Obviousness

1:07:14 Necessity of definition for reality

1:15:39 Personal Reflections on Family Routine

1:18:26 Discussion on Language and Humility