Comments on: Linguist George Lakoff on Rationality and Politics

By: dustynbones

dustynbones — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:21:49 +0000

Wooohoo!

Do you think that the DNC will heed?

By: daderone

daderone — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:16:20 +0000

I love George Lakoff more than Cenk

By: queeblogalina

queeblogalina — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:26:05 +0000

What a snooze! How ironic how he doesn’t take his own advice and make his delivery more exciting. When was this thesis created? Certainly before the success of Obama!

By: ParisianHermit

ParisianHermit — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:11:44 +0000

lol I thought that was hilarious too…maybe norbu should start practicing “Googlism”

By: asdffd

asdffd — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:40:10 +0000

I wish Cenk would get Chomsky on.

By: 8data

8data — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:27:25 +0000

all fat men are jolly

By: KiwiTwist03

KiwiTwist03 — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:02:21 +0000

This is riveting!

By: TheFrankFactor

TheFrankFactor — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:18:41 +0000

Great topic and deftly handled by Cenk. I second the riveting comment.

By: subzeromind

subzeromind — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:33:08 +0000

Yeah Chomsky basically invented linguistics.

By: subzeromind

subzeromind — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:39:33 +0000

It’s complex stuff man, he had to dilute it for the layman. He’s explaining that reality is not what we traditionally have thought, that even perception is a matter of our “personal” frames of references. Hence why an Amazonian who has rarely seen straight lines has difficulty seeing them when presented by them. I always had this suspicion but this is some confirmation.