josh blog

Ordinary language is all right.

One could divide humanity into two classes:
those who master a metaphor, and those who hold by a formula.
Those with a bent for both are too few, they do not comprise a class.

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9 Sep '13 05:34:52 PM

'He only wants to perfect his art.'

8 Sep '13 07:27:01 PM

Pairs

8 Sep '13 05:38:17 PM

'… it would probably be a good idea to refrain from giving yourself a name.'

8 Sep '13 04:59:18 PM

'Don't play the piano part, I'm playing that.'

7 Sep '13 06:15:20 PM

I find I cannot read philosophers who reason, 'If thisism is correct… If thatism is correct…'.

6 Sep '13 06:25:20 PM

'… to enter the Forums' hiring threads is to risk serious emotional imbalance…'

5 Sep '13 12:55:39 AM

The outside world through a microphone through a loop through a loop through a loop through a speaker.

4 Sep '13 06:49:25 PM

Alternate Aufklärungsmotto: think for yourself, but don't go it alone.

3 Sep '13 11:47:51 AM

There is a skepticism whose target is really anyone who goes on at length. Anyone who speaks without interruption for more than five minutes is suspect.