| im king of the world! chomsky dialogue on self-deception
One can only hope the Piraha language debate will settle the pompous Chomsky's Universal Grammar hash once & for all. For a guy who insists that meaning does not inhere in words he sure uses alot of them; and what would he do without satan Dick Cheney. Fundamentalist Ivy league hypocrite lecteur; rest assured he'll pull his punches before the splatter ever taints his blessed Institute. Trivers, whatever, frustrated metonymist; at least he teaches in New Jersey. By the way, yogis don't dream. I'll be in Iquitos all July with the family if anyone wants to avoid me.
my subconscious is smarter and more paranoid than i am. it also came up with a more terrifying end to the sopranos. but it was the coda to that dream which got me out of bed. turns out the muffin man was a damn sight more psychotic than the nursery rhyme would lead you to believe.
to top things off i thought i heard some noises out in the hall. turns out there was a mouse trapped in my bathtub. doesnt seem like a good omen. at least when the man (me) came to threaten his wellbeing he summoned enough guile and fortitude to escape his own poorly considered route.
pirahã sans vitriol
Only skimmed--it would be funny if the tribe is "Mead"-ing that guy.
The Inuit don't actually have 100 words for snow.
dont know if funny is how id describe it although i thought it was funny that a mission to christianize them ultimately dechristianized him.
pinker responds.
thx
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- dave 5-05-2007 4:34 am
One can only hope the Piraha language debate will settle the pompous Chomsky's Universal Grammar hash once & for all. For a guy who insists that meaning does not inhere in words he sure uses alot of them; and what would he do without satan Dick Cheney. Fundamentalist Ivy league hypocrite lecteur; rest assured he'll pull his punches before the splatter ever taints his blessed Institute. Trivers, whatever, frustrated metonymist; at least he teaches in New Jersey. By the way, yogis don't dream. I'll be in Iquitos all July with the family if anyone wants to avoid me.
- Espiritu de Anaconda (guest) 5-05-2007 6:01 am
my subconscious is smarter and more paranoid than i am. it also came up with a more terrifying end to the sopranos. but it was the coda to that dream which got me out of bed. turns out the muffin man was a damn sight more psychotic than the nursery rhyme would lead you to believe.
- dave 6-11-2007 11:31 am
to top things off i thought i heard some noises out in the hall. turns out there was a mouse trapped in my bathtub. doesnt seem like a good omen. at least when the man (me) came to threaten his wellbeing he summoned enough guile and fortitude to escape his own poorly considered route.
- dave 6-11-2007 12:28 pm
pirahã sans vitriol
- dave 6-12-2007 7:49 pm
Only skimmed--it would be funny if the tribe is "Mead"-ing that guy.
- tom moody 6-12-2007 7:53 pm
The Inuit don't actually have 100 words for snow.
- tom moody 6-12-2007 7:54 pm
dont know if funny is how id describe it although i thought it was funny that a mission to christianize them ultimately dechristianized him.
- dave 6-12-2007 7:57 pm
pinker responds.
- dave 6-14-2007 8:19 pm
thx
- mark 6-14-2007 11:25 pm