I can imitate Gibbon's style of writing, but if I do it makes me say different things.
When I was younger I'd have said that how you write and what you say were as independent as shape and color. But that's not true.
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And if different writing styles make you say different things, that raises interesting questions.
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I’m gonna guess you mean more than a year younger… http://www.paulgraham.com/talk.html
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The medium is the message.
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neuroscientists like
@social_brains unveiled the "self" as a mechanism to socialize group culture - so what you say makes senseThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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if you haven't read it, this (landmark) essay by Susan Sontag makes the same case: Against Interpretation http://www.coldbacon.com/writing/sontag-againstinterpretation.html …
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what's your favorite episode from show
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I've never watched any.
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Are you familiar with the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis (Whorfianism)? Linguistic relativity! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity …. Enjoy! :)
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also relevant: the short story "Story of Your Life" by author Ted Chiang and the movie "Arrival" set to release later this year.
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