Lies, Damned Lies and Linguistics

About meaning, context and misunderstanding

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1. Lies, damned lies and linguistics and a bit of behavioural economics Ivan <vanzaj@gmail.com> 2011-09-10
2. A Word about Words Лев Васи́льевич Успе́нский «Слово о словах» (1954) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Uspensky
3. soft skills are... - not as "valuable" as hard skills (thanks to rational economic models, public education and well-meaning family) - seemingly ungeeky/unmanly/un... (btw, how about 2d terminology session?)
4. Meaning and Interpretation - hacker - anarchist - communist - fascist - manager - parasite
6. BINARY
7. M. C. Escher, Day and Night, woodcut (1938)
8. RELATIVITY "Relativity is relatively easy to understand."
9. M. C. Escher, Relativity, lithograph (1953)
10. WARNING The next slide contains BAD words Authors@Google: Steven Pinker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBpetDxIEMU
11. SUCCESS "Success is a real and subtle whore, who would like nothing better than to catch you sleeping and bite your cock off."
12. INNOVATION How long did it take for wheels to be attached to a suitcase?
13. A number without units is meaningless. A word or a phrase without context is also meaningless.