Interesting article. Didn’t think of it before, but in hindsight it is fairly obvious that classical sci-fi telepathy really couldn’t work. Unlike language, there isn’t any reason for brain states to be interpretable. They just need to work for the individual:
”We are not even certain if Bob’s mental state could be interpreted by Bob himself in a year’s time” https://aeon.co/essays/how-might-telepathy-actually-work-outside-the-realm-of-sci-fi
When #JoeBiden announced his re-election bid, his #campaign launch video centered on the concept of freedom. The idea of who has freedom was also central to #kamalaharris Whitehouse bid back in 2020.
Yet the idea of #freedom and what it means to the American identity isn’t so simple, or unifying, anymore. government intervention.”
Easy to miss in Mastodon's latest update, but the most-requested features are indeed coming "soon:"
"...quote posts, improved content and profile search, and groups. We’re also continuously working on improving content and profile discovery, onboarding, and of course our extensive set of moderation tools, as well as removing friction from decentralized features. Keep a lookout for these updates soon."
Hi from #Taiwan. I teach #English to children. By the time I see them, many are exhausted from a full day of public school. It's an interesting challenge.
Jerry Fodor proposed that all humans use a symbolic language in our conscious thinking that is separate from verbal language. He further proposed that we are all born fluent in this language of thought. While you may think that you are thinking in English or French or whatever your native language is, Fodor proposed that we map Mentalese onto our mother tongue and thus are unaware that we are thinking symbolically.
The word for "we" in some languages. (Being Norwegian, I am giving more details of Norwegian dialects than of other languages' dialects.) Now let's see if I can explain this in a way that won't make linguists chew their arms off...:
Pronouns are very basic elements of language, and are very often irregular. Now, in terms of meaning, English "we" and "us" are really the same word - only different grammatical forms... 1/*
@jeff sorry Jeff but there's no such thing as a six-month anniversary. There's a clue in the word: anniversary is related to years, things that are annual. I will die on this hill. #language#anniversary#neologism
I guess you could say: ”That’s exactly what a programmer would say”, but for me what’s most transformative about #ai#machinelearning is not really it’s abilities to reassemble information.
Maybe it's just me, but I am seeing a whole lot of people using "weary" when they mean "wary" in online communications. Social media and so-called "more professional" situations like internal Slack, presentations, in-house reports and documents, etc.
Am I just waving an old-person flag and this is a cool thing the kids are doing these days? Maybe a widely-used autocorrect facility is tripping them up? Or is this another example of language shifting in unexpected ways?
The Rosetta stone has been the key to decrypt the Egyptian hieroglyphics system, as the same text is written in three #languages: #Egyptian, Demotic and #Greek.
@thomasfuchs Dutch has a few similar to the German one's (one search yielded over 20 synoniems-"betweterig", "schoolmeesterachtig"), but I like the German one's better. #pedant#language
Easier to learn if you already know #Icon or #Unicon. Also if you know #Prolog or #Mercury, which are other languages that have goal-directed evaluation (which which are declarative, whereas the Icon family are procedural).
(Please fork rather than expect support, though. I am an elderly disabled person.)
Cé chomh hálainn is atá an Bhreatain Bheag? / How beautiful is Wales?
#Language shouldn't frighten you. It is a beautiful expression of who you are and where you came from. It speaks to your past! The Video in this article is moving. It speaks to your soul.