I think saying “the map is not the territory” would elicit the same sort of “duh” reaction from most Westerners as from most East Asians. What’s difficult (for some people, and if you say it’s generally harder for Westerners then I will readily believe you) isn’t accepting that proposition when it’s made explicitly, but noticing when you’re talking or thinking about map rather than territory.
I think saying “the map is not the territory” would elicit the same sort of “duh” reaction from most Westerners as from most East Asians. What’s difficult (for some people, and if you say it’s generally harder for Westerners then I will readily believe you) isn’t accepting that proposition when it’s made explicitly, but noticing when you’re talking or thinking about map rather than territory.