Andrew Shields · @AndrewShields
88 followers · 889 posts · Server mas.to“Negatived” in Charles Dicken’s “Little Dorrit” (1857) and “Our Mutual Friend” (1865). #111Words #CharlesDickens #OurMutualFriend #LittleDorrit #Negatived #RecencyIllusion #Novels #Fiction #Literature #Linguistics https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/05/negatived-in-charles-dickens-little.html
#linguistics #literature #fiction #novels #recencyillusion #negatived #littledorrit #ourmutualfriend #charlesdickens #111words
Diane Bruce · @Dianora
1037 followers · 5120 posts · Server octodon.socialThis is a long link
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/dec-17-our-annual-holiday-book-show-including-the-health-hazards-of-space-travel-and-more-1.6685831/a-medical-historian-looks-at-the-historical-echoes-of-the-past-in-the-pandemic-of-the-present-1.6688550
Perhaps I should use a link shortener anyway. Excellent talk with a scientist who wrote a book on the history of pandemics.
#CovidIsNotOver #MisInformation #DisInformation #Propaganda #ScienceEducation #QuirksAndQuarks #RecencyIllusion
#CovidIsNotOver #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda #scienceeducation #quirksandquarks #recencyillusion
Diane Bruce · @Dianora
891 followers · 4163 posts · Server octodon.social@LevelUp @Mrfunkedude @talia_christine
There was the great Parry vs. Eliza from 1972.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/when-parry-met-eliza-a-ridiculous-chatbot-conversation-from-1972/372428/
Diane Bruce · @Dianora
876 followers · 4063 posts · Server octodon.socialWe are all susceptible to mis/dis-information/propaganda, that has not changed at all as it's always been a problem. What has changed is the ease, speed and scale of it. No need for mimeograph machines or photocopiers only affecting a localised area.
#Propaganda #MisInformation #Disinformation #CriticalThinking #RecencyIllusion
#propaganda #misinformation #disinformation #criticalthinking #recencyillusion
Diane Bruce · @Dianora
548 followers · 2374 posts · Server octodon.social#linguistics #recencyillusion #criticalthinking "I need to remind everyone that texting-style abbreviations destroyed the Roman Empire" http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4099
I try not to jump to conclusions about modern social media too...
#linguistics #recencyillusion #criticalthinking