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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:14pt'>What fun questions!! I imagine an evening, or more, of conversation in person, just tossing back and forth all these implcatons. And yeah, some of us have indeed thought of a lot of these. And stewed on them. And for me, it’s coming full circle; my first studies were with the students of the originals named. Stuff got lost in the middle there, where folks stopped asking; thought they <B>really</B> knew. Really? If we think we shall discover the nature of human existence maybe we need a bit of humility.<BR>
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On 8/30/10 10:19 AM, "Richard Zane Smith" <<a href="rzs@WILDBLUE.NET">rzs@WILDBLUE.NET</a>> wrote:<BR>
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great article, love this stuff! .... it makes me ask some "different" questions.<BR>
Makes me want to analyze the analyzers, probe the probers, to study the studiers,.<BR>
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- what is it that makes certain people groups analyze other people groups?<BR>
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<I>- why is it NOT important for some people groups to analyze other people groups? <BR>
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- has there been a specific anthropological study on anthropologists?<BR>
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- <I>is it a cultural motivated desire to find patterns and to comprehend everything that exists?<BR>
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<I>-why do some cultural groups seem free from a desire to understand everything in the universe?<BR>
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- <I>is continual knowledge harvesting a lingering desire of conquest or is it preeminent curiosity?<BR>
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</I>wow this list could keep going...<BR>
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Richard Zane Smith<BR>
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On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Dave Pearson <<a href="dave_pearson@sil.org">dave_pearson@sil.org</a>> wrote:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Guy Deutscher’s article in yesterday’s New York Times, “Does Your Language Shape How You Think?” is a stimulating challenge to the linguacentric assumptions that each of us make.<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#888888">Dave<BR>
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