Two words on the new Pope: oy vey.
If I were a progressive Catholic, and I wanted to express my displeasure with Ratzinger, I'd call him Pope Ratzinger instead of Pope Benedict. His half-rodent, half-slapstick name is too good to pass up. But I don't know the rules around calling …
Read More »ZDNet's Joe Brockmeier gets it. He understands framing. Here's his post on blogs.zdnet.com (which runs on WordPress--neat!):
Framing the discussion: Linux vs. Microsoft: Microsoft knows that it's unlikely that the majority of IT professionals will take the results [of studies which conclude that their products are superior …Read More »
The Language Log's discussion of umami got me thinking about Berlin and Kay's research on basic color terms. An explanatory quote from their post:
[H]ere's a quote from I.E.T. de Araujo, M. L. Kringelbach, E. T. Rolls, and P. Hobden, Representation of Umami Taste in the Human …Read More »