Nov 29
general observations No Comments
Pressure to be intelligent is weaker for people today than it was for our hunting-and-gathering ancestors — and humans may be getting gradually dumber as a result, a scientist is proposing. [Read more here.]
Nov 12
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Nov 01
suitable quotations meaning, metaphor No Comments
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master – – that’s all.”
(Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 6)
…pondering the proliferation of words which mean so many more different things than they used to.
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