What's a plant and what is an animal?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elysia_chlorotica

Fwiw,

John
On Apr 3, 2013 3:41 PM, "John Carlson" <[email protected]> wrote:

> For me, classification, taxonomy, categorization, schema and ontology are
> contentious ideas.
>
> Fwiw,
>
> Johb
> On Apr 3, 2013 2:56 PM, "Gath-Gealaich" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> "Our language, much like everything these days, has been *hacked*.
>> *Fuzzy, contentious, and complex ideas* have been stripped of their
>> subversive connotations and replaced by cleaner, shinier, and emptier
>> alternatives"
>>
>> Emphasis mine. Am I the only one feeling that these two sentences are
>> deliciously ironic when put next to each other?
>>
>> - Gath
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Ryan Mitchley <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> http://thebaffler.com/past/**the_meme_hustler<http://thebaffler.com/past/the_meme_hustler>
>>>
>>> I have to admit that I had not previously encountered such focused
>>> criticism of O'Reilly.
>>>
>>> With passing mentions of Engelbart and Postman, the essay may be of some
>>> interest to the list.
>>>
>>>
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