12. Language

2014-01-29

Have you ever wanted to learn how to CONTROL THE MINDS OF OTHERS?!? In this short how-to video, I will show you that you’re already doing it, and you’re better than you think!

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An excellent article about Lewis Carroll’s nonsense-poem “The Jabberwocky” being translated into other languages (courtesy of one of the most life-changing books I’ve ever read, “Gödel Escher Bach - An Eternal Golden Braid”) - http://www76.pair.com/~keithlim/jabberwocky/poem/hofstadter.html

Wikipedia article on “prototype theory,” a model in cognitive science for some of the principles I’m talking about here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototype_theory

A nod to the fantastic lingual deviance of German - http://funnypictures.me/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/funny-pictures-german-language-meme-5.jpg

Nome Chomsky is adorable - http://craphound.com/images/Chomsk4WbSt-Lrg.jpg

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