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Words Affect Our Reality - On The Right
The Whorf hypothesis claims that one's native language influences perception and thought. Researchers at UC-Berkeley and U-Chicago reasoned that, since language is predominantly processed in the left hemisphere of the brain, any effect on perception should have an effect predominantly on the right visual field, which is also processed on the left. After comparing reaction times for hues of blue-green -- colors with distinct names in one language but not another -- they concluded, in a just-published paper, that the Whorf hypothesis holds for the right visual field, but not the left.
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Maybe he doesn't give a shit what you think. Mod grandparent up. Fucking hilarious. Unless you're with the AC.
This reminded me of a Voltaire (not the philosopher) song.
Worf's Revenge - Voltaire
I'm the order of the Bat'leth
Son of Kahless
Your family has no honor
But I couldn't care less
I was born to kill Federation swine
And I celebrate with a barrel of blood wine
I drink the Raktajino, I eat the gagh
When my homies get to Sto'Vo'Kor I yell "qa'plagh!"
I'm the chief commander on a Bird of Prey
I wake up every morning out to own the day
I'm the MacDad Klingon when I beam on board
I was at the signing of the Khitomer Accord
I never sweat about a Romulan dude
He's just a limp-wristed Vulcan with a bad attitude
And they're sly and they were telling lies
A shout out to Martok who lost an eye
To the dominion, and the Jem'Hadar minions
I'm on them like a transwarp engine
Fear my snarl hear my speach
Watch me blow like a warpcore breach
I'm not a lowly white p'tak like that Barclay guy
I don't need a holodeck to get a parma'kai
When the ladies see the beast I got between my thighs
They say "Perhaps today is a good day to die"
I hit Ezri
Watch out Janeway I'm coming for you
Cause I'm the MacDad Klingon with the humaniod bitches
My head ain't the only part of me that's got ridges
I've got the visions of Qo'noS on my mind
I've got visions of Qo'noS on my mind
I get visions of Cardassia on my mind
And that my boot smells like Gul Dukat's behind
I hate the Tribbles
Those little furry shits
But I love my Klingon bitches
Cause they've got three tits
I got a dagger and a bat'leth in my hand
If you were any other man
I'd kill you where you stand
I killed Captain Kirk
I killed Picard
I bitchslapped Riker like a Klingon Targ
Cause my name is Worf, I'm the son of Mogh
Ex-Federation officer and Klingon rogue
Qa'plagh!!
Firefox 2.0 - Spell Rightly.
I wonder why the offer the sample image as a 2MB JPG file instead of a 10KB PNG (or a 2KB SVG!).
Patrick Doyle
I mod down every jackass who puts his moderation policy in his sig. Oh, wait a sec....
Formally stated, it's, "Yes, you CAN be half-Klingon and still have an embarassingly sensitive demeanor."
Well, now I have scientific explanation how the Right has completely lost the touch on reality?
Reason was.. too little words... mmm do those scientific bastards claim that "freedom", "republican", "terrorist", "environmentalist" and "mother mary" isn't sufficient vocabulary to describe and analyze the world? Damn their theories!
Shut the FUCK up already. The last 20 mod points I've had over the past week or so have gone entirely to mod you down. Fuck off already.
I find research like this (psych/neuro/"scientific anthro"/etc) rather humurous. Imagine a spreadsheet trying to sum itself.
You get to the end and its: "hmm, what if they performed the experiment in Swahili? What about the perceptions of the testers? Perhaps we should form a hypothesis about the experiment itself."
When my code fails to compile (all the time) I start inserting lines of code to see exactly what's going on. But then we have more lines that need to be checked so maybe I should add in some more to check the ones I just inserted...
For the most part academia is a very expensive infinite loop. If academia is mental masturbation, then this study is a chocolate covered orgasm.