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mallowdramyesterday at 3:56 PM1 replyview on HN

"How words are post-hoc arbitrary retrofits to actual neural thoughts"

A self-help guide about language wholly distinct from thought.


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A4ET8a8uTh0_v2yesterday at 4:48 PM

I have participated in a company-wide meeting not that long ago and as a corporate veteran of sorts, I have never heard such a high amount of new corporate friendly neologisms in such a short amount of time. Corporate bingo would have been over 3 minutes flat. There is a part of me that is amused, because people saying those words clearly did not believe them ( delivery was very flat ), but it does make me question the future of our language.

My initial pet theory was that is going to be more uniform as a result, but now... I am not so certain.

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