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Lisa Stewart

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

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    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
Kathryn Murata

Words Define Us - Your Words Define You More Than Your Actions - 8 views

  • 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
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  • 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.
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    Good find, Kathryn--thanks!
Kathryn Murata

YouTube - Monty Python - Argument Clinic - 1 views

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    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.
Lisa Stewart

Better Know a Lobby - Gun Control | May 13,2008 - Jennifer Hooper McCarty | ColbertNati... - 2 views

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    "To view this movie you need the Adobe Flash Player plugin. You also need JavaScript enabled in your browser. "
Lisa Stewart

STEVEN STROGATZ - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com - 6 views

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    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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