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Category Archives: remediary
The Rationality of Uncertainty
When I was learning science in high school, I was mesmerized by the notion that scientific facts were true, myths were false, and there were still things that needed to be „figured out“. I was very impressed by the way … Continue reading
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Tagged binary logic, certain, certainty, computer, don't know, false, falsehood, human, language, linguistics, logic, modal logic, modal verb, modal verbs, mode, modes, natural language, natural science, nature, philosophy, rational, rationality, science, scientific, think, thinking, thought, thoughts, three state logic, true, truth, uncertain, uncertainty
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The Rationality of Literacy
Over the past couple months, I have worked on developing a mission statement for one of my overarching goals – something like a „life goal“. Initial attempts were quite abstract, and I was greatly helped by the very considerate feedback … Continue reading
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Tagged community, engage, engaged, engagement, goal, goals, illiteracy, illiterate, language, literacy, literate, mission, mission statement, rational media, social, society, technology
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It’s Not What You Think It Is
My friend Jean Russell shared a really fascinating meme the other day on facebook. The main gist of the idea was that “you are what you think”… such that rather than “I am what you think I am”, in fact … Continue reading
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Tagged ad, ads, advertising, deconstruct, deconstruction, internet, media, media deconstruction, propaganda, retard media, site, sites, television, tv, web, website, websites, World-Wide Web
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The Irrationality of Irrationality
When you let the word “irrational” roll off your tongue, you do a very irrational thing: You specify something that doesn’t exist. It is very much like trying do describe a vaccum (not the cleaner, but rather the contents of … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, irrational, irrationality, psychological, psychology, rational, rational behavior, rational expectation, rational expectations, rational media, rationality
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For some, we get lost in media
I opened up a copy of the New York Times today, and in an empty space within an article, there was a blurb that reads Social networks put individuals at the center of their own media universes — I am … Continue reading
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Tagged action, activity, actualization, common, communication, communications, community, engage, engagement, identity, individual, individuals, interaction, language, market, marketing, marketplace, marketplaces, media, real, self-actualization, share, shared, sharing, social media, social network, social networks, virtual
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What are you going to do about it?
I have a friend who works in the field of healthcare, and we were talking about corruption in the medical and pharmaceutical industries – the kind that leads to patients getting misdiagnosed and mistreated. I had shared something I had … Continue reading
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Tagged ad, ads, advertise, advertisement, advertising, alternative currencies, alternative currency, anonymity, anonymous, authentic, authenticity, bond, brand, brand name, brand names, branding, brands, care, careless, cash, construct, construction, constructs, engage, engagement, failure, identity, meaning, meaningful, meaningless, money, power, rational media, relationship, relationships, retard media, social, social construct, social construction, social constructs, social engagement, social system, social systems, society, success, successful, system, systems, trace
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Should You be Concerned about the Rate of Literacy if Over 99% Are Illiterate?
When people were living in caves, probably most of them didn’t create cave paintings. Certainly none of them spoke English – and the alphabet hadn’t even been invented yet. The rate of literacy was without the shadow of a doubt … Continue reading
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Tagged controversial, controversy, development, evolution, illiteracy, illiterate, law, literacy, literate, natural language, natural law, nature, rational media, retard media
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The Rationality of Intimacy
I can imagine many people might think the title of this post means it will be all about love, sex and such. Well, not exactly. It’s about relationships – but not merely limited to the exclusive kind of relationship two … Continue reading
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Tagged algorithm, algorithmic, algorithms, artificial intelligence, close, closeness, community, computer, context, contexts, dialect, distance, distant, express, expressed, expression, expressions, human, humanity, humans, information, information retrieval, intimacy, intimate, jargon, language, region, regional, relationship, relationships, search, topic, topical
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You can reach me at the Internet
People who say stuff like „you can reach me at“ this or that URL – and then even name a URL they don’t manage themselves – are quite disingenuous… or even just plain outright bogus. No, I can’t reach you … Continue reading
The Rationality of Buzz
It’s early on a Monday morning – I would say “bright and early”, but it’s so early that the sun is still nowhere in sight. At any rate, the week is about to begin and so I figure it’s a … Continue reading
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Tagged ad, ads, advertisement, advertisements, advertising, buzz, conditioning, consumer, consumers, fact, facts, habit, habits, history, internet, literacy, media, news, news publisher, news publishers, Pavlov, printing press, propaganda, psychology, publish, published, publisher, publishers, publishing, retard media, technology
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