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Don't Sleep, There are Snakes.
October 4, 2016 at 12:22 am
Has anyone here read this book? Sounds fascinating!
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44202...are-snakes
A riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Daniel Everett while he lived with the Pirahã, a small tribe of Amazonian Indians in central Brazil.
Everett, then a Christian missionary, arrived among the Pirahã in 1977–with his wife and three young children–intending to convert them. What he found was a language that defies all existing linguistic theories and reflects a way of life that evades contemporary understanding: The Pirahã have no counting system and no fixed terms for color. They have no concept of war or of personal property. They live entirely in the present. Everett became obsessed with their language and its cultural and linguistic implications, and with the remarkable contentment with which they live–so much so that he eventually lost his faith in the God he’d hoped to introduce to them.
Over three decades, Everett spent a total of seven years among the Pirahã, and his account of this lasting sojourn is an engrossing exploration of language that questions modern linguistic theory. It is also an anthropological investigation, an adventure story, and a riveting memoir of a life profoundly affected by exposure to a different culture. Written with extraordinary acuity, sensitivity, and openness, it is fascinating from first to last, rich with unparalleled insight into the nature of language, thought, and life itself. (less)
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RE: Don't Sleep, There are Snakes.
October 4, 2016 at 12:42 am
Its an interesting question, how much is self written and how much is written in.
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RE: Don't Sleep, There are Snakes.
October 4, 2016 at 12:46 am
(October 4, 2016 at 12:42 am)Rhythm Wrote: Its an interesting question, how much is self written and how much is written in.
What fascinates me is the mind/paradigm they experience the world through. The flavor of their qualia.
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RE: Don't Sleep, There are Snakes.
October 4, 2016 at 6:12 am
(October 4, 2016 at 12:46 am)Arkilogue Wrote: (October 4, 2016 at 12:42 am)Rhythm Wrote: Its an interesting question, how much is self written and how much is written in.
What fascinates me is the mind/paradigm they experience the world through. The flavor of their qualia.
I suppose you are now going to explain this "qualia" to us and how much it affirms your "qualia"?
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RE: Don't Sleep, There are Snakes.
October 4, 2016 at 10:36 am
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(October 4, 2016 at 12:46 am)Arkilogue Wrote: (October 4, 2016 at 12:42 am)Rhythm Wrote: Its an interesting question, how much is self written and how much is written in.
What fascinates me is the mind/paradigm they experience the world through. The flavor of their qualia.
That probably exceeds the author or what the example of the piraha is given to indicate. Though it is, itself, an interesting question as well, the flavor of anyones qualia, whatever it is we're talking about when we say that.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Don't Sleep, There are Snakes.
October 4, 2016 at 2:31 pm
(October 4, 2016 at 6:12 am)chimp3 Wrote: (October 4, 2016 at 12:46 am)Arkilogue Wrote: What fascinates me is the mind/paradigm they experience the world through. The flavor of their qualia.
I suppose you are now going to explain this "qualia" to us and how much it affirms your "qualia"? No and no.
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RE: Don't Sleep, There are Snakes.
October 4, 2016 at 2:34 pm
(October 4, 2016 at 10:36 am)Rhythm Wrote: (October 4, 2016 at 12:46 am)Arkilogue Wrote: What fascinates me is the mind/paradigm they experience the world through. The flavor of their qualia.
That probably exceeds the author or what the example of the piraha is given to indicate. Though it is, itself, an interesting question as well, the flavor of anyones qualia, whatever it is we're talking about when we say that. I'm sure the book conveys something of their subjective experience/interpretation of the world. I can never actually know but I'm sure I could gain an impression of it.
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