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10 Aug 2010, 12:37 pm

RT@ Nassim Nicholas Taleb

What they call philosophy, I call literature; what they call literature I call journalism; what they call journalism I call gossip & what they call gossip I call voyeurism.

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10 Aug 2010, 3:34 pm

What they call voyeurism I call philosophy.

I just felt like bringing it full circle.

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10 Aug 2010, 3:36 pm

is this a game :?:

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10 Aug 2010, 4:29 pm

No, I was just being silly. :oops:

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10 Aug 2010, 4:31 pm

Janissy wrote:

No, I was just being silly. :oops:

oh okay lol :lol:

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10 Aug 2010, 5:17 pm

I've always thought, that prose is a formal way, of speaking and writing.

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10 Aug 2010, 6:49 pm

There is certainly a very fine line between all of these things

also, if voyeurism isn't really working out for you, get a better pair of binoculars!

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11 Aug 2010, 12:34 am

Janissy wrote:

What they call voyeurism I call philosophy.

I just felt like bringing it full circle.

Absolutely glorious Jannisy :lol:

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11 Aug 2010, 2:47 am

CockneyRebel wrote:

I've always thought, that prose is a formal way, of speaking and writing.

Prose is the written mimickry of the way we speak. Poetry is the way we speak when we need to remember.

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11 Aug 2010, 7:30 am

Blindspot149 wrote:

what they call journalism I call gossip & what they call gossip I call voyeurism.

These two hold a lot of truth, unfortunately

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11 Aug 2010, 2:34 pm

What Taleb asserts is surprising, I find unsurprising. :wink:

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11 Aug 2010, 2:36 pm

I once had an English teacher, who said to my mum, that to me, prose is praise. What does that mean?

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