Definitions 2

In a free world, we are free to define parts of reality as we consider best. The result is a complex society. Everything gets a bad label from some. Most get also a good label from some. Nothing is popular for all. 

Normally we try to justify our labels as true and real. But this is existentially impossible. We can be more or less true, more or less close to reality.

Searching for being more true and more close to reality is respectable. But it will never succeed totally.

So we need other parameters as well. One of these is happiness. Will our imperfect definitions give more or less happiness for others?

Another parameter is understandability. When we communicate we have to relate to the knowledge and experiences of the listeners. Some are experts, others are not experts in that particular field. 

Yet another parameter is uncertainty. If we acknowledge the existential imperfection in all definitions, we might avoid the grossest of mistakes.

A parameter popular in political circles is social order. But this is a weapon of mass destruction. 

The best definitions are those who give the listener a chance to look beyond the definition and discover the fantastic reality behind.