by orchaeus | Aug 13, 2017 | Shared Link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonestheme”The term phonestheme (or phonaestheme in British English) was coined in 1930 by British linguist J. R. Firth (from the Greek φωνή phone, “sound”, and αἴσθημα aisthema, “perception” from αίσθάνομαι...
by orchaeus | Aug 12, 2017 | Shared Link
My friend Ryan visits the rookery and meets some newborn rattlesnakes this morning in Lethbridge Alberta.
by orchaeus | Aug 11, 2017 | Shared Link
∞ When we approach memory, we do so in a living way that constellates unities in a manifold. But the manifold does not contain ‘records’: memory, whatever it may be or be like, is nothing like recording — and, in fact, is the very source of...
by orchaeus | Aug 10, 2017 | Shared Link
http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=understandUnderstanding: understand (v.) Old English understandan “comprehend, grasp the idea of,” probably literally “stand in the midst of,” from under + standan “to...
by orchaeus | Aug 10, 2017 | Shared Link
https://www.wsj.com/articles/memo-to-a-google-engineer-1502234200After reading the material in question, I came to similar understandings. “He insists it’s not intellectually defensible to assume all differences are the product of “oppression”...
by orchaeus | Aug 9, 2017 | Shared Link
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/10/151021135616.htm∞ The ~50% of our bodies that science largely ignored and medicine specifically attacked… turns out to be nearly as or more sophisticated than neurons in brains. Which means that, as I have been...