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Language is a Virus
That is key to understanding the development of the Semantic Web. Open the door and listen to this classic 1986 song by Laurie Anderson, "Language is a Virus" (lyrics):
VIDEO CLIP -- you may be using a browser that does not display the flash shockwave content. You can test this by trying to view it directly on youtube. If you can watch other videos there with this browser, then let me know, it may be that the link is dead. Thanks.
Then if you wish to explore this in more detail you can read the philosophical papers of Ruth G. Millikan.
Posted at 07:38PM Sep 09, 2007 [permalink/trackback] by Henry Story in Art | Comments[1]
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Posted by Santiago Gala Blog on September 13, 2007 at 05:30 AM CEST #