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They Get to Me: an article by Jessica Love | The American Scholar - 0 views

www.theamericanscholar.org/they-get-to-me pronouns psycholinguistics field_research
shared by Lisa Stewart on 25 May 10 - Cached
  • Lisa Stewart on 25 May 10
     
    lively analysis of the role of pronouns in English--this writer gives you a glimpse of what it's like to be setting up experiments in psycholinguistics
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Words Define Us - Your Words Define You More Than Your Actions - 8 views

www.ideamarketers.com/?Words_Define_Us&articleid=1068180 wordsrus language
shared by Kathryn Murata on 21 May 10 - Cached
  • We think that our actions define us more than our words. But the reality is exactly the opposite
  • "Do what I say and not what I do."
  • child will hold the words against you
  • ...6 more annotations...
  • what about lying?
  • willingness to lie about an action is something that will be held against you
  • people will judge you more on the words you used, either to cover up an action, to change people's perception of an action, to flat out lie about an action, or to be honest about the action.
  • The very fact that you try to deceive with your mouth tells volumes about you.
  • if your words are true, you ought to let your actions verify them.
  • Our actions serve to verify our words and our words serve to define our actions, and thus ourselves.
  • Lisa Stewart on 21 May 10
     
    Good find, Kathryn--thanks!
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YouTube - Monty Python - Argument Clinic - 1 views

www.youtube.com/watch youtube argument logical_fallacy
shared by Kathryn Murata on 07 May 10 - Cached
  • Kathryn Murata on 07 May 10
     
    Funny Monty Python video on argument not necessarily pertaining to logical fallacies. However, I challenge others to find at least one logical fallacy in this chaotic argument.
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Better Know a Lobby - Gun Control | May 13,2008 - Jennifer Hooper McCarty | ColbertNati... - 2 views

www.colbertnation.com/...ter-know-a-lobby---gun-control logical_fallacies colbert
shared by Lisa Stewart on 05 May 10 - Cached
  • Lisa Stewart on 05 May 10
     
    "To view this movie you need the Adobe Flash Player plugin. You also need JavaScript enabled in your browser. "
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STEVEN STROGATZ - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com - 6 views

opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/...steven-strogatz mathematics calculus probability infinity
shared by Lisa Stewart on 01 May 10 - Cached
  • Lisa Stewart on 01 May 10
     
    I love the way this guy writes about math. I really understand math as a language because of him. I wish I'd had him as a teacher.
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