Here’s the link to the article, which also contains a video. keywords: [men’s clothing terminology] [distinction]
Day: June 19, 2020
OBSERVATION (cores)
Legal requirements are the core of regulatory requirements, and regulatory requirements are the core of underwriting requirements. keywords: [life] [General Systems Theory] [3 concentric sets] [nested cores]
‘Shop this way’ – ambiguity
With ‘this way’ meaning ‘in this manner’, it is something that Amazon might say. With ‘this way’ meaning ‘in this direction’, it is something that Walmart DOES say. keywords: [Linguistics] [Language Arts] [one-way aisles] [one way aisles] [social distancing]
lorem ipsum (the real meaning of food)
Culinary arts serves us unreceived correspondence in the form of food. (cf: ‘comfort food’, ‘kisses’, and ‘His anodyne was food.’) keywords: [life] [default] [real import] [real purpose]
OBSERVATION (literature)
Only literature can overcome shear (cf: “Publish or perish.”), and pointers (such as roadway signage) are the core of literature. keywords: [life] [General Systems Theory]
OBSERVATION (original sin)
The concept of original sin is the deeply felt (and correct) intuition that the social space defaults to being non-ergodic. A redeemer is one who makes it ergodic. (cf: Shane – his farm labor was analogous to the carpentry work of Jesus) keywords: [life] [religion] [mission]
the notion of a philosophically infinite set
(suggested new terminology) Definition. A philosophically infinite set is any set whose closure is the whole space. keywords: [life] [General Systems Theory] [Philosophy]
OBSERVATION (success)
All nontrivial successful endeavors are themed. (The default theme is romance.) keywords: [life] [General Systems Theory]
auto-antonyms
For example, ‘cut’ can mean ‘delete’ or ‘produce’ (e.g. a woodcut). Here is the link to the Wikipedia list of auto-antonyms. keywords: [Linguistics] [Language Arts]
OBSERVATION (synonymity of antonyms at the boundary)
At the boundary, antonyms become synonymous. Example 1: When you are updating a page, you finalize the update by clicking on a button that typically says ‘Change’, but it could just as well say ‘Hold fixed’. Example 2: The cartoon that shows a woman standing suicidally on the ledge of a building. A man, understood … Continue reading OBSERVATION (synonymity of antonyms at the boundary)
