"Backs to the future"
The Urth list — 5 messages, 4 voices, 13 Jun 2006
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James Machin — 13 Jun 2006, 11:02

The following article might be of interest to the list (for obvious 
reasons!)...

http://www.physorg.com/news69338070.html

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Jeff Wilson — 15 Jun 2006, 04:33
  in reply to James Machin

> James Machin wrote:
> The following article might be of interest to the list (for obvious 
> reasons!)...
> 
> http://www.physorg.com/news69338070.html

I've seen this claimed for classical Attic cultures as well; IIRC as 
recently as "It's Greek to Me" (Paperback)
by Michael Macrone, Tom Lulevitch

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  Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
  < http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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Transentient — 15 Jun 2006, 13:11
  in reply to Jeff Wilson

> On Jun 15, 2006, at 12:33 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:
> James Machin wrote:

> > The following article might be of interest to the list (for obvious
> > reasons!)...
> > 
> > http://www.physorg.com/news69338070.html

> I've seen this claimed for classical Attic cultures as well; IIRC as
> recently as "It's Greek to Me" (Paperback)
> by Michael Macrone, Tom Lulevitch

There has been a big resurgence of popularity of the Sapir-Whorf  
hypothesis among anthropology types lately. 

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Jeff Wilson — 16 Jun 2006, 04:53
  in reply to Transentient

> Transentient wrote:
> On Jun 15, 2006, at 12:33 AM, Jeff Wilson wrote:

> > James Machin wrote:

> > > The following article might be of interest to the list (for obvious
> > > reasons!)...
> > > 
> > > http://www.physorg.com/news69338070.html

> > I've seen this claimed for classical Attic cultures as well; IIRC as
> > recently as "It's Greek to Me" (Paperback)
> > by Michael Macrone, Tom Lulevitch

> There has been a big resurgence of popularity of the Sapir-Whorf  
> hypothesis among anthropology types lately. 

I think this is more in Skinner's area, myself. Certainly Greeks and 
Romans were conditioned to see the past as a place of glory and names 
forever remembered, with the future a mysterious, unseen place from 
which fate and misfortune could strike unforseen, as if stabbing from 
behind.

  --
  Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
  < http://www.io.com/~jwilson >

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brunians at brunians.org — 06 Jul 2006, 15:44
  in reply to James Machin

It makes perfect sense once you think of it.

We can see the past, and we cannot see the future. Might as well have our
backs to it.


josh

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> The following article might be of interest to the list (for obvious
> reasons!)...
> 
> http://www.physorg.com/news69338070.html
> 
> 
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