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Why a Wide-Spread Idea Beats Thin Thinking

You might think I’m talking about narrow-mindedness — but I’m not. I’m actually talking about a misconception… namely: When people say they “don’t want spread myself too thinly”. Let’s say you wanted to sell bicycles online. You might be inclined … Continue reading
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Even though some aspects of language are very static over long periods of time the fact that languages are constantly in flux will make it next to impossible to “calculate” individual statements or even entire texts (in other words: to “figure out their meaning”)

The title of this post is excerpted from “The Wisdom of the Language“, an article I wrote over 7 years ago. Recently published research has now corroborated my hypothesis. As my friend Lawrence Wilkenson wrote the other day: Readers will … Continue reading
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REDumbrella

I looked over the list of new TLD applications when it first came out, and now I looked again to see which will be some of the first controversial TLDs to come under review. Of course there are quite a … Continue reading
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