Hey you! Yeah you, dummy. You know what time binding is? No? Good! We (Ryan) don’t either.
This episode the Dawdlers get in over their heads with Alfred Korzhybski’s General Semantics. Well, Ryan is in over his head. Harland just can’t get his out of his bum. Badum ching! Rim shot! Pun intended.
Anyway, it’s the thought that counts and the thoughts count mostly when spoken properly. And that’s what this episode is all about.
Don’t forget to thank us.
-Da Dawds
Oh, the philosophical times they are a-changin’!! “But HOW!?” you ask. With the seasons… And you thought it was all footnotes. Silly philosopher…
Preeeetty self-explanatory this time. Ryan goes over 10 things he hates, doesn’t like, despises, etc., in nonfiction books. Harland does his best to disagree. Next episode: 10 things Ryan hates about devil’s advocacy! Jk. -Dawds Read more…
Whoo boy! Ryan is back in the swing of things with his kids in school and sports and ballet and covid and everyone’s FREAKIN OUT! Harland is on a journey through the red states lookin’ Read more…
1 Comment
Shawn · March 14, 2019 at 11:50 pm
Time Binding = The Accumulation of knowledge over time
Language = how humans accumulate knowledge over time (oral story telling, writing, songs, etc)
is of identity = a feature of the english language with unfortunate side-effects
indexing = a strategy to minimize the harm of “is of identify”