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"Backs to the future"

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James Machin13 Jun 2006, 11:02as archived
"Backs to the future"
The following article might be of interest to the list (for obvious reasons!)... http://www.physorg.com/news69338070.html
Jeff Wilson15 Jun 2006, 04:33as archived
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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
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com < http://www.io.com/~jwilson >
Transentient15 Jun 2006, 13:11as archived
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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.
Jeff Wilson16 Jun 2006, 04:53as archived
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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 >
brunians at brunians.org06 Jul 2006, 15:44as archived
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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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