# Language creates a social reality, which is different from physical reality. We all agree to accept this version of reality. [[202009141624 Remember language serve different function in the language game]] [[Wittgenstein and psychotherapy. From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton]] When we talk, our words create the versions of reality—whether social or physical—that we agree to coordinate around, for example, when we want to affiliate with someone, influence someone, recruit somebody’s help, or collectively evaluate a situation and work out what has happened, why, and what action to take. It’s only through our publicly _shared versions_ of reality that social coordination is possible. And it is always just _one_ version of reality that we coordinate around at a time. That version is the one we create with words. https://iai.tv/articles/language-vs-reality-auid-2171 [[Social]]