I hate linguistic anthropology. Why? One of the most
influential experiments in linguistic anthropology
involved teaching a chimp asl. One of the most
influential linguistics is named Noam Chomsky. You
know what the chimp’s name was?
Nim Chimpsky.
Fucking monkey pun.
And this is in textbooks, in documentaries, everywhere.
And everyone just IGNORES THIS GOD AWFUL PUN
cause of how important the experiment was. But
BUT LOOK AT THIS SHIT. FUCKING NIM CHIMPSKY. I
HATE THIS WHOLE FIELD.
dendritic-trees
Its not just the linguistic anthropologists.
There’s a group of very important genes that determine
if your body develops in the right shape/organization…
they are called the hedgehog genes, because fruit fly
geneticists are all ridiculous. The different hedgehog
genes are all named after different hedgehogs. And
then someone decided to get clever and name
one "sonic hedgehog’ because this is just what fruitfly
geneticists do.
Well sonic hedgehog controls brain development, and
now actual doctors are stuck in the position of
explaining to grieving parents that their child’s lethal
birth defects or life-threatening tumors are caused by
a “sonic hedgehog mutation”.
And this is why no one will invite the fruit fly people to
parties.
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Biogeochemical scientists, upon discovering the
complex mechanisms that govern the storage and use
of molecular iron on our planet, decided to call this
cycle “the ferrous wheel”. We groaned about that for at
least five solid minutes.
callmegallifreya
The phenomenon of sneezing when exposed to sudden
bright light is called an Autosomal-dominant
Compelling Helio Opthalmic Outburst. ACHOO
Half a byte of data is a nibble.
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I hate linguistic anthropology. Why? One of the most influential experiments in linguistic anthropology involved teaching a chimp asl. One of the most influential linguistics is named Noam Chomsky. You know what the chimp’s name was?
Nim Chimpsky.
Fucking monkey pun.
And this is in textbooks, in documentaries, everywhere. And everyone just IGNORES THIS GOD AWFUL PUN cause of how important the experiment was. But
BUT LOOK AT THIS SHIT. FUCKING NIM CHIMPSKY. I HATE THIS WHOLE FIELD.
dendritic-trees
Its not just the linguistic anthropologists.
There’s a group of very important genes that determine if your body develops in the right shape/organization… they are called the hedgehog genes, because fruit fly geneticists are all ridiculous. The different hedgehog genes are all named after different hedgehogs. And then someone decided to get clever and name one "sonic hedgehog’ because this is just what fruitfly geneticists do.
Well sonic hedgehog controls brain development, and now actual doctors are stuck in the position of explaining to grieving parents that their child’s lethal birth defects or life-threatening tumors are caused by a “sonic hedgehog mutation”.
And this is why no one will invite the fruit fly people to parties.
error-404-fuck-not-found
Biogeochemical scientists, upon discovering the complex mechanisms that govern the storage and use of molecular iron on our planet, decided to call this cycle “the ferrous wheel”. We groaned about that for at least five solid minutes.
callmegallifreya
The phenomenon of sneezing when exposed to sudden bright light is called an Autosomal-dominant Compelling Helio Opthalmic Outburst. ACHOO Half a byte of data is a nibble.