philophyse

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   by philophyse 4y ago

   The conversation around eddies in the space-time continuum is the single funniest thing I've ever read. I haven't read those books for years but I still chuckle every time I am reminded of it for any reason. Douglas Adams was a tr
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   by philophyse 4y ago

   > cyclic universe I've been shifting towards this point of view as well. When you consider that all of nature, from micro to macro scales, exhibits cyclic movement (in the widest sense of the term), it seems reasonable to infer that
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   by philophyse 4y ago

   In your opinion, would George Yule's The Study of Language be a good introduction to linguistics? Or is there any other book that you would recommend to someone who has little knowledge of the field, but a lot of interest?
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   by philophyse 4y ago

   In my own epistemological thinking, I like to distinguish between "belief" and "faith". Beliefs are convictions based on observations of phenomena for which no satisfactory empirical explanation has been found. Their k