As human population and technology grows, there is increasing talk that we have entered a new epoch—the anthropocene or epoch of humans. The idea behind the appellation is to […]
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Tag: Humor
The Petty Online Tyrant
No petty tyrant is more petty or more tyrannical within their petty domain than a troll who somehow finagled their way into becoming a forum moderator.
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Because Sometimes an Elephant on a Trampoline Helps Our Mood
Double Positive
During a lecture, the Oxford linguistic philosopher J. L. Austin made the claim that although a double negative in English implies a positive meaning, there is no language in which […]
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