Something in the way my brain thinks behoves me to start thinking differently … . Just the other day I got a distinct feeling, which felt very much like what I imagine running full speed ahead head-first into a thick hard cement wall might feel like — and that gave me some pause. I thought… Continue reading Something …
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Linguistic Empathy & Community Boundaries
Languages are abstractions — they pretend to actually exist, but in reality they are more like amorphous relationships between the language’s speakers (or users). When one person uses a word and another person interprets that word’s meaning, there is no guarantee of absolute congruency — meanings can be laden with all sorts of connotations, there… Continue reading Linguistic Empathy & Community Boundaries
