Is ePrime more than just a “semantic game”?
Someone recently wrote something to the effect that he embraces the principle of ePrime, but does not use it in ordinary conversation because it often sounds peculiar and therefore might alienate the other person. Originally posted 2012-12-31 03:20:25.
Toward Understanding e-Prime
TOWARD UNDERSTANDING E-PRIME by Robert Anton Wilson Originally published nobeliefs.com Robert Anton Wilson E-PRIME, abolishing all forms of the verb “to be,” has its roots in the field of general semantics, as presented by Alfred Korzybski in his 1933 book, Science and Sanity. Originally posted 2013-04-24 07:38:38.
Happiness of your life depends upon the the quality of your thoughts
Originally posted 2016-04-11 07:31:06.
ISes Don’t, And Nouns Are Not
We are very pleased to include the whimsical-yet-profound poetic exploration of what I have termed”The Tyranny of the Nouns!” by John Chase Schaeffer. Enjoy! Thanks, John! Originally posted 2017-05-18 07:59:30.
Are humans “animals” or another class of life entirely?
Originally posted 2017-03-06 05:48:19.
General Semantics. If you are new to General Semantics (GS), you can save yourself from going down a rabbit hole by understanding that the word General doesn’t communicate much here, and, more importantly, the word Semantics is very misleading . . . Originally posted 2019-06-30 18:06:28.
The Meaning of Life
Perhaps there are such people as “pure philosophers” who placidly think about the “meaning of life” as a kind of “recreation,” and are not motivated to do so by existential angst. Originally posted 2015-03-11 05:39:27.
Is anythnig ever truly 100% awful?
I enjoy the General Semantics (actually, more “ePrime”) exercise of debating whether anything is ever truly 100% awful. Originally posted 2013-02-08 19:20:50.
American exceptionalism (REBT style)
On another thread, we have been discussing America being the greatest country in the world, that is so called “American Exceptionalism.” Originally posted 2016-06-17 05:30:58.