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Monthly Archives: January 2007
What ‘Hillary’ should have said: Indeterminacy of metaphor integration
The Politico But it wasn’t revealing because she was suggesting her husband is “evil and bad.” It was revealing because — asked about dealing with evil men like Osama bin Laden — her mind seemed to go to her domestic … Continue reading
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Analogy as ritually rhetorical device and 9/11 symbolisms
Was 9/11 really that bad? – Los Angeles Times Has the American reaction to the attacks in fact been a massive overreaction? Is the widespread belief that 9/11 plunged us into one of the deadliest struggles of our time simply … Continue reading
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Cummulative identity and failed assumptions on multiculturalism
BBC NEWS | UK | Younger Muslims ‘more political’ Young Muslims are much more likely than their parents to be attracted to political forms of Islam, a think tank survey has suggested. Support for Sharia law, Islamic schools and wearing … Continue reading
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Cognitive foundations of civilizations
iTWire – A new ‘iBook’ from Google?: be afraid, be very afraid Google is plotting to do for books what the iPod has done for music: make them purchasable by download to a portable access device. Could civilisation as we … Continue reading
Frame-relative assessments and globally warming terrorism
Hawking says climate change poses greater threat to humanity than terrorism – International Herald Tribune LONDON: Scientist Stephen Hawking described climate change Wednesday as a greater threat to the planet than terrorism. The interesting thing here is not so much … Continue reading
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Death by analogy
‘Hold Your Wee for a Wii’ Death Shuts Down Show – Gameworld Network news story Ten employees have lost their jobs over the incident, and the radio show is permanently off the air. …. 28 year old Jennifer Strange was found … Continue reading
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Sources of credibility and the results of education
I got an A in Phallus 101 – Los Angeles Times The problem that the Young America’s Foundation list, first issued in 1995, highlights isn’t simply the hollowing-out of the traditional humanities and social sciences disciplines at colleges and their … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Education, Literature and narrative
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Algorithms and everything
digg – The Digg Comment Algorithm Everything in this world can be shown as a flowchart algorithm. This, of course, applies to the complex and not well researched field of “Digg comments“. Here’s my humble attempt to define an algorithm … Continue reading
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Images of language and learning in mavenry
Limp language leaves kids with an awesome paucity of speech [Teenagers on which the author eavesdrops] They’ve got one all-purpose word — “awesome” — to cover everything from mild approval to exhilaration. When they’re indignant or angry, they have to … Continue reading
New Atheism and old religions or the other way around?
On The Media: Transcript of “God No!” (December 15, 2006) In response to the global challenge posted by religious extremism, a small group of impassioned atheists has taken a new approach. They target the tolerant with both reason and ridicule. … Continue reading