“mathematicians think in (well precisely defined and mapped) objects, philosophe

—“mathematicians think in (well precisely defined and mapped) objects, philosophers in concepts, jurists in constructs, logicians in operators (…), and idiots in words”— Taleb

(Mathematicians think in consistent axiomatic categories and operations, jurists in hierarchical construction, logicians in sets of internal consistency, scientists in thoeretic models of external correspondence, and philosophers selectively in any of them. Idiots however think in ‘words’ or technically, ‘meaning’.)