Science often progresses by carving out new distinctions that refine the fuzzy categories of natural language.

Stanislas Dehaene
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  1. I do not mean, of course, that we can always accurately express our conscious thoughts with Proustian accuracy. Consciousness overflows language: we perceive vastly more than we can describe.

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