Bagatell
10-09-2008, 08:14 AM
It occurs to me that a few people on this forum are not familiar with E-Prime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime)..which is a pity as
It seems likely that the principal software used in the human brain consists of words, metaphors, disguised metaphors, and linguistic structures in general. The Sapir-Whorf-Korzybski Hypothesis, in anthropology, holds that a change in language can alter our perception of the cosmos. A revision of language structure, in particular, can alter the brain as dramatically as a psychedelic. In our metaphor, if we change the software, the computer operates in a new way.
R.I.P Robert Anton Wilson (http://www.nobeliefs.com/eprime.htm)
It seems likely that the principal software used in the human brain consists of words, metaphors, disguised metaphors, and linguistic structures in general. The Sapir-Whorf-Korzybski Hypothesis, in anthropology, holds that a change in language can alter our perception of the cosmos. A revision of language structure, in particular, can alter the brain as dramatically as a psychedelic. In our metaphor, if we change the software, the computer operates in a new way.
R.I.P Robert Anton Wilson (http://www.nobeliefs.com/eprime.htm)