Philosophy
You pick up a jar of olives off of the shelf at the store and it says "pitted." Would you assume that "pitted" is an adjective describing the olives, that is, that the olives have pits in them, or would you interpret it as the simple past tense of the verb "to pit," that is, that the olives have had the pits removed? Both seem reasonable to me, but which one would you take it to mean at first glance?
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disambiguate dis-am-big-yoo-eyt verb To remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous. duplicity doo-pliss-uh-tee noun The disguising of true intentions by deceptive words or action. euthenics yoo-then-iks noun A science concerned with bettering...
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Philosophy
Ambiguity is the Pits
You pick up a jar of olives off of the shelf at the store and it says "pitted." Would you assume that "pitted" is an adjective describing the olives, that is, that the olives have pits in them, or would you interpret it as the simple past tense of the verb "to pit," that is, that the olives have had the pits removed? Both seem reasonable to me, but which one would you take it to mean at first glance?
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I've been reading and hearing an unusual number of people discussing the drinking age lately, so I thought I'd throw it out there. It's been twenty-three years since the national age was raised, so I'm not sure why this is suddenly an...
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I've been noticing this week that the internet seems to have become the victim of an insect photography awesomeness epidemic. Don't quite know if that's just a coincidence, or some entomological trend of which I am not aware, but who cares?...
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disambiguate dis-am-big-yoo-eyt verb To remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous. duplicity doo-pliss-uh-tee noun The disguising of true intentions by deceptive words or action. euthenics yoo-then-iks noun A science concerned with bettering...
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At 6:30 weight (A) automatically drops on head of dwarf (B), causing him to yell and drop cigar (C), which sets fire to paper (D). Heat from fire angers dwarf's wife (E). She sharpens potato knife (F) on grindstone (G) which turns wheel (H) causing...
- Paul Gauguin...self-publicist...twister Of Truth
Is this an extreme case of twisting the truth to present an unreal situation? And for what purpose? "Paul Gauguin exhibition reveals artist as self-publicist and truth manipulator" Tate Modern to shed new light on sensual and sensationalist painter...