'reductionist' in the sense of simplifying by reducing detail to smooth thinking re/apprehension of something into a generalization -- in terms of the apprehension of whatever aspect of reality identified/addressed in the generalization, like pixelating an image -- sooner or later, the result is loss of sight -- loss of apprehension that actually meaningfully corresponds to/illuminates whatever it is supposedly being understood
Greensburg, KS - 5/4/07
"Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty." from John Philpot Curran, Speech upon the Right of Election, 1790