Dave Winer interviews George Lakoff. Thanks to Matt at WordPress. It’s a worthwhile listen. Informal and rambling, but some good stuff about the (deliberate) psychology of associating ideas with words when describing candidate and party positions in the current US Presidential campaigning. (Framing and Parent / Child & Strict-father / Nurturing theories.)
Entries from February 2008
Lakoff by Winer
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February 28, 2008 at 5:36pm
by Psybertron
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Intelligent Design / Creationism Propaganda
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February 27, 2008 at 9:39pm
by Psybertron
“Expelled” is a movie in the pipeline (due for release in April at the last count) that purports not so much to “debunk” evolution (or Darwinism as they refer to it, like any good Victorian might) in favour of ID / Creationism, but to claim a mass institutional conspiracy preventing debate on alternatives, not just [...]
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Evolution of Eli and Morlock’s ?
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February 27, 2008 at 4:50pm
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The kind of science reporting that drives me spare, but some interesting content about evolutionary possibilities …. science experts say that shit could happen, Brits too
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Virtual Values
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February 27, 2008 at 4:44pm
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When your world is largely virtual, can your values be sufficiently real ?
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Left Brain / Right Brain
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February 27, 2008 at 4:42pm
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News story picking up on article in Neuropsychology, about quick thinking and coordination of left-handers. All grist to the left / right brain story.
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Terrorism meets Journalism
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February 27, 2008 at 4:40pm
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Even older piece blogged by the BBC’s Nick Robinson late last year. Journalist meets terrorist, and changes the world.
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Managerial Genes ?
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February 27, 2008 at 4:35pm
by Psybertron
Old question, some new thoughts. Are leaders born or created ? Leadership innate or learned ?
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Fractal Food
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February 27, 2008 at 4:12pm
by Psybertron
As you may have spotted, I’m catching up on a backlog of old links. Love this collection of images of food, that thoroughly confuse the perpective of scale, and I have a general interest in how fractals play in the world.
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Natural Disentanglement of Air
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February 27, 2008 at 4:00pm
by Psybertron
Interesting metaphor. When analysing (separating) things that are entangled (interconnected in a complex way), rather than focussing on one component at a time and separating it out – let a bit of “air” into the (holes in the) whole problem.
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Decision Rationality
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February 27, 2008 at 3:18pm
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Interesting, if light-hearted Beeb magazine article here from Valentine’s Day. Some good anecdotal examples of a well worn adage – decision rationality is action irrationality (and vice-versa). Aside – “There’s no-one so easy to rob of their culture as those who don’t know they’ve got one.” – quote from today’s “Thinking Allowed” on the subject [...]
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Backing Winners ?
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February 27, 2008 at 1:58pm
by Psybertron
Not seen “No Country for Old Men” yet, but saw “There Will be Blood” last week and “Michael Clayton” last night. “There Will be Blood” – interesting documentary of cynical exploitation and life-threatening risks in pioneering oil industry. As well as the two great characters – Daniel Day-Lewis and the young preacher (is he his [...]
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Hello World
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February 26, 2008 at 9:01pm
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Cinch from BlogTalkRadio. A message from your sponsor.
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The Encyclopedia of Life
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February 26, 2008 at 9:43am
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Noticed that this mammoth web database of living things has just gone live, and see that the project was initiated by none other than E.O.Wilson
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Life of a Song
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February 25, 2008 at 10:20pm
by Psybertron
Still highly distracted from main blogging subjects at the moment, and a month since I’ve blogged at all - my biggest hiatus ever ? Well – as a result of obtaining a guitar and having a go at playing again; there I said it – I’ve been seeking out sheet music, tabs and lyrics to some [...]
