Statistically Improbable Phrases

[drsmax]

Amazon.com's list of Statistically Improbable Phrases from Philosophy and the Neurosciences: A Reader:narcissistic properties, representation producing processes, detection thesis, activation triplets, intertheoretic relations, explanatory pluralism, content bearers, messy properties, intrinsic representations, extrinsic representations,

Comments

Granpa WAS right!

[justjohn]

Nerves work better with sausage strings!

Golly!

Re: Granpa WAS right!

[drsmax]

Sausage decreases reaction time.

[lilitaly]

Oy vey! My noives!

Neurons rock my skull!

[raygunn_revival]

I'm surprised that "Hebrew Neuron Parts" isn't a statistically improbable phrase.

[drsmax]

It is. But not in my book.

[slinka]

Are those in the kosher section of the brain?

[drsmax]

I don't think you're supposed to eat any portion of the brain.

[slinka]

Of course not. *looks shifty*

[drsmax]

*dials zombie-alert hotline*

[opts]

I'd never heard of 'statistically improbable phrases' before today, but I already love them.

[drsmax]

What if statistically improbable phrases were the only phrases?

[opts]

That would be sad. Then the new improbable phrases would be things like "extended coffeebreak," "defrost the refrigerator," "feed the donkey," ... boring stuff like that.

Still, a world where 'cortical visual pathways' is something you hear every day is a world I'd enjoy.