Category: Music

  • Analogy as the core of cognition

    I majored in philosophy in college. At Princeton nearly all liberal arts majors (and many of the engineering students too) have to write a senior thesis to graduate. I was interested in philosophy of language and wrote a thesis called “Is Metaphor Necessary for Communication?” In it I argued that metaphor was much more than…

  • My blogger code (2.0)

    Am I a geek? Yes, I am a geek. B9 D+++ T+ K S F I+ O X- E+ L C-\- Y4 R- W P+ M5 N N+ (via [Powazek](http://www.powazek.com/2006/03/000568.html), and wondering why they use N twice.) That is all.

  • It's not you; it's me

    I was catching up with ALLABOUTGEORGE and I was intrigued by his Johari window. (I’m not sure I’m brave enough to try the negative-orientd Nohari window.) It seems like a cool way to find out how you are perceived. If you’re interested in helping me with this, please stop by and pick a few adjectives…

  • How to do precisely the right thing…

    I’m here at SXSW Interactive and I’m scattering my blog notes to various blogs, depending on the topic and relevancy. This one is kind of general and about psychology so I’m stowing it here Raw notes from the Daniel Gilbert Presentation: How to Do Precisely the Right Thing at All Possible Times: standing in a…

  • Beck's still got it

  • With the Cadillac and gas money spent

    It was great to see the main rap from Hustle and Flow win the Oscar for best song, but did they really have to alter the chorus to sing about “a whole lot of [w]itches jumping ship”? I’m as sensitive as the next guy, but witch just doesn’t make any sense in that context. They…