Words are Not Things
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Hamlet, Act III, Scene II, Line 87
Hamlet, Act III, Scene II, Line 87
If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down.
- BF Skinner
- BF Skinner
October 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down.
- BF Skinner
- BF Skinner
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Curtis Silwa was asked if he felt okay with losing and contributing to Zohran Mamdani’s victory and he responded by laying into Bill Ackman and Andrew Cuomo.
October 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Curtis Silwa was asked if he felt okay with losing and contributing to Zohran Mamdani’s victory and he responded by laying into Bill Ackman and Andrew Cuomo.
.@yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social is be interested in your thoughts on the series “Severance”.
February 12, 2025 at 1:44 AM
.@yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social is be interested in your thoughts on the series “Severance”.
December 22, 2024 at 5:57 AM
@hozier.bsky.social covering “Fairytale in New York” on @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social is the greatest Christmas carol ever
December 22, 2024 at 5:52 AM
@hozier.bsky.social covering “Fairytale in New York” on @saturdaynightlive.bsky.social is the greatest Christmas carol ever
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December 2, 2024 at 12:03 PM
We are so thankful for all the #SchoolPsychologists in our lives 💙 Treat yo’ self today using code PSYBERMONDAY for 15% off your NYASP Store purchase! #weareNYASPstrong nyasp.wildapricot.org/NYASP-Store
December 2, 2024 at 3:23 PM
All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory —- Viet Thanh Nguyen
November 20, 2024 at 6:31 AM
All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory —- Viet Thanh Nguyen
November 19, 2024 at 3:24 AM
To be free from convention is not to spurn it, but not to be deceived by it.
It is to be able to use it as an instrument instead of being used by it.
—Alan watts
It is to be able to use it as an instrument instead of being used by it.
—Alan watts
November 18, 2024 at 8:47 PM
To be free from convention is not to spurn it, but not to be deceived by it.
It is to be able to use it as an instrument instead of being used by it.
—Alan watts
It is to be able to use it as an instrument instead of being used by it.
—Alan watts
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November 15, 2024 at 10:04 PM
In a democracy, there is no check against despotism, because the principle of democracy is supposed to be itself a check. But it guarantees only that the majority will not be despotically ruled.
- BF Skinner
- BF Skinner
November 14, 2024 at 12:53 PM
In a democracy, there is no check against despotism, because the principle of democracy is supposed to be itself a check. But it guarantees only that the majority will not be despotically ruled.
- BF Skinner
- BF Skinner
Evolution forged the entirety of sentient life on this planet using only one tool…the mistake - Westworld.
November 14, 2024 at 4:13 AM
Evolution forged the entirety of sentient life on this planet using only one tool…the mistake - Westworld.
Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behavior, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist-Yuval Noah Harari
November 13, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Culture tends to argue that it forbids only that which is unnatural. But from a biological perspective, nothing is unnatural. Whatever is possible is by definition also natural. A truly unnatural behavior, one that goes against the laws of nature, simply cannot exist-Yuval Noah Harari
When you’re on shuffle, any song can play at ANY moment, and it's through that randomness that we can totally receive meaning in our lives.
November 13, 2024 at 6:43 PM
When you’re on shuffle, any song can play at ANY moment, and it's through that randomness that we can totally receive meaning in our lives.
The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it. Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man [sic] something to be a genius about.
- BF Skinner
- BF Skinner
November 13, 2024 at 5:17 AM
The only geniuses produced by the chaos of society are those who do something about it. Chaos breeds geniuses. It offers a man [sic] something to be a genius about.
- BF Skinner
- BF Skinner
Words are not things. They are combinations of sounds that refer to things. And some words do not refer to things. They are the worst sound combinations of all.
November 13, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Words are not things. They are combinations of sounds that refer to things. And some words do not refer to things. They are the worst sound combinations of all.