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by sergeykish 2151 days ago
There is no need to travel to jungles. Subtle differences are all around us.

* plants - trees, grasses, flowers, native and garden species, once I knew maybe 400 names, now come to disuse and quickly slip away

* food - ingredients and prepared

* fonts - Comic Sans, Times New Roman, Helvetica and many more

* car models - a lot of people know them by heart

It would be a strange claim we do not perceive difference without a name. We do but we do not care. And when we care we want to communicate and names become handy.