Author Archives: ErnieM

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Just seeing how it works to make a quick post using my phone. I have been writing a page a day of flow of consciousness thoughts in my diary. it is much easier than transcription and it is great mental … Continue reading →

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  I really outdid myself coming up with a grandiose title. Gargantuan idea, Lilliputian delivery.  If someone would like explanations or notes, all he/she needs to do is ask. Scan0007

With this id for “happen” I repudiate the etymology of the word and its connection to “chance” (hap), and connect it instead to “must”– a healthier, more scientific orientation. Who knows what subtle negative influence a faulty word/concept can exert? … Continue reading →

A quick post.  I write ids fast and they take very little space. Scan0005

This ideogram project has given me a more dynamically interconnected mind. What do I mean by that? Well, the elements that constitute my mind–the conceptual commitments, mainly– have more structure in themselves AND more connections among themselves, and indeed in … Continue reading →

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I am pleased with this Vedanta-inspired id for “gods” and with how I can clearly make a noun out of “this” to fit the Vedantic conceptual approach. 3-17-19 SH

Be the first on your block (assuming you don’t live on the same block I do) to get one of these spectacular neoideogram shirts! It says: Observe the power of ideograms to create new meaning and awareness of concepts.  The … Continue reading →

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Scan0001 I am pleased with my new id for “quantum” using “only”.  Perhaps someone else will appreciate the aptness of it.

Every time I create a new id I build my mind and increase my treasure store of rich, delightful tools for thought. And I create many every day.

“Cognitive science” devotees who put stock in Mark Johnson’s contention that image schemas are functionally important for categorization should appreciate this. oops, I see I left out the word “tool” in the first alphabetic sentence–“a new mental tool”. Scan0264

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Scan0259 4/9/19  new smart/stupid ids, also of course graphic opposites Scan0013