NEW META-MODEL DISTINCTION: Pseudo-Words

6. Pseudo-Words or Non-Referencing Words For clear thinking, reasoning, and communication the ability to distinguish true and false words is critical. When I talk about unicorns, I do not refer to any animal at the zoo. Sorry, no unicorns on display! In the context of zoology, it is a pseudo-word. However, if I’m talking about mythology, then the word has a referent and can function meaningfully as a symbol. So when you hear a word, do not immediately assume it is a real word. It may not be. And since your thinking can be no better than your use of language, be careful. If you use an antiquated, primitive, and false-to-facts language, you will think and feel in primitive ways.

Imagine that you push a multi-ordinal nominalization so far up the levels of abstracting that you detach it from the extensionalizing feedback of reality. What happens then? You are likely to create a non-referencing Pseudo-Word. Magically, you have created a symbol for something that doesn’t exist. Incredible! This means that you can create mental and verbal maps that mean nothing because they refer to nothing in the external world. They do not stand for or point to anything.