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oh look it’s one of those dewbros
powerful new work by Corey Bulpitt & Larissa Healey at the National Gallery of Canada
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One study had people sit in front of an array of objects, then grab and manipulate a specific sequence of objects, as directed by a computer voice. Sometimes the computer voice said things like, “Move the box.” Other times it added a filler word, saying, “Move the, uh, box.” The task wasn’t complex, and people had no trouble following the directions. Still, they were quicker to follow directions that involved objects they hadn’t yet manipulated when their instructions included an “uh.” To listeners, “uh” indicates that something new, which requires more mental processing on the part of the speaker, is about to be introduced. This helped the study participants put themselves in the right mindset of choosing from the as-yet unfamiliar objects. So even a word that’s no more than a grunt is helpful. Which is good, because all languages have verbal filler. American Sign Language has a sign for “um,” and most languages have some monosyllable that has no meaning but indicates a pause
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Every language needs its, like, filler words (via aminatou)
This is probably one reason it can be so hard to digest a lot of academic and straight-news writing. And, uh, therefore a helpful writing tip.
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Time to write a script to insert filler words into academic papers. “Subject B was a member of, like, the control group.”
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Sometimes I wonder why people hate other people
I’ve tried it before (an old friend of mine was being a complete douchebag so I basically cut ties with him and was holding a pretty nasty grudge for a while) but it just took so much energy that it wasn’t worth it anymore
Knowing how exhausting it is to actively hate someone makes me feel sad because people hate each other all the time and it just isn’t fun to do
unfortunately for me, sometimes it takes active energy to stop thinking about the awfulness of certain family members. saying to myself that I hate them is one way I try to move on and save my energy. otherwise my mind stews when I’m supposed to be getting work done. (I don’t always say that to myself, but when I do, this is why)
basically the opposite of what that post describes. I think there is a difference between aggressive (‘active’) and defensive hate.
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catholic dialogue with atheists?
first read how this website has been advertised
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2013/05/getting-the-names-right/
then, from the website itself
http://www.strangenotions.com/pope-atheism/
When a person says, “I am an atheist,” I believe he or she is taking an arrogant position. He who doubts has a more nuanced position. An agnostic thinks that he or she has not yet found the answer, but an atheist is 100 percent convinced that G-d does not exist. It is the same arrogance that leads some to assert that G-d definitely exists…Religious people are believers, but we do not know for certain that He exists.
ummmm, you literally just laid out why “agnostic” is not in the same system of categorization.
you literally just said that someone can believe one way, and not be 100% sure. but of course, people who conclude the other way must be “arrogant”, and must think themselves 100% sure. no, you do not get to say that about me.
this kind of propaganda tells me that they really are not worth my time.
they design it so that there are only 3 categories: ignorant, arrogant, and those that believe [in god etc]. they purposefully remove the option of reasonably concluding that they are wrong, that their beliefs are fiction. this needs to stop.
if other freethinker christians can figure this out and still be christian, they can too.
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