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Not whether it's true — whether believing it moves you forward.
means The quality of being practical enough to actually use — a plan, idea, or material that holds up when you try to put it to work.
from Built from 'work' plus the suffix '-ability,' following the ordinary pattern of turning verbs into qualities (compare 'manageability,' 'usability'). 'Work' itself traces back through Old English 'weorc' to a very old Germanic root meaning simply 'to do' or 'to act' — so workability is, at root, just 'doability' with a modern coat of paint.
- origin
- Pragmatist philosophy, via William James
- core test
- Does this idea function, not just sound right
- therapy use
- ACT asks workability instead of rightness
- catch
- Useful lies can outcompete inconvenient truths