Wittgenstein's Ladder
Generally I feel like I&#x27;m pretty good at understanding concepts.<p>But after reading this Wikipedia page and then Googling it and then reading MollyRealized&#x27;s ChatGPT explanation in a sibling comment...<p>...I have utterly no idea what the heck this is supposed to be.<p>If this is about using nonsense to explain something in philosophy, that seems awfully silly.<p>If this is about how e.g. high school students need simplified versions of how an electron works (a point) before college students learn the reality (a cloud), then it seems banal.<p>If this is about achieving mystical realizations along the lines of zen koans, then OK but what has that got to do with Wittgenstein? And it seems like a Wikipedia article ought to mention this.<p>So I&#x27;m baffled. I think I need a ladder to help me understand this ladder? And understand why this was submitted to HN in the first place?