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The linguistic term lexical encoding refers to the way that human beings choose a particular chunk of their world, external or internal, and assign that chunk a surface shape that will be its name; it refers to the process of word-making.
“Life did not take over the world by combat,
but by networking.”
― Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
but by networking.”
― Microcosmos: Four Billion Years of Microbial Evolution
“Conviction is a good motive, but a bad judge!”
― Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
― Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein - Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe
“We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.”
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“This mood makes itself felt everywhere, politically, socially, and philosophically. We are living in what the Greeks called the καιρóς (Kairos) – the right time – for a “metamorphosis of the gods,” i.e. of the fundamental principles and symbols.”
― The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
― The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
“Life becomes easier when you learn to accept an apology you never got.”
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