So apart from my Korzybski-ist PM deviation it all works for me. From Wordnik.com. [philosophical principles] Reference
Korzybski, Aurobindo, and Lao Tzu were major influences on Simon. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
Then he must be pretty old; Korzybski died in " What year did he die? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Worlds Of Robert A Heinlein]
I hadn't realised that Korzybski was post-modern until I read Doug's wikipedia link. From Wordnik.com. [philosophical principles] Reference
“Korzybski would ask whether a difference that makes no difference is no difference.”. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Mirror] Reference
But in the future, that simple statement may take on meanings that Korzybski never imagined. From Wordnik.com. [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]
Only a Korzybski could comprehend the cat's connections between Things and Meanings and Messages. From Wordnik.com. [The Cat Who Sang For The Birds]
He actually worked under Korzybski himself, when he was a young student " it's the only thing he's vain about. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Worlds Of Robert A Heinlein]
He's the man who correlated the theory of optimum tonicity with the relaxation technique that Korzybski had developed empirically. From Wordnik.com. [The Worlds Of Robert A Heinlein]
He's the man that correlated the theory of optimum tonicity with the relaxation technique that Korzybski had developed empirically. From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
Korzybski influenced Simon's orientation toward the event, his awareness of abstracting, and his concept of feeling things across space/time. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-11-01] Reference
Alfred Korzybski believed that sanity was tied to the structural fit or lack of it between our reactions to the world and what is actually going on in the world. From Wordnik.com. [badger Diary Entry] Reference
My distrust goes back to reading Korzybski and Hayakawa on general semantics back in high school, my ongoing study of fallacies and propaganda, and my more recent training in NLP. From Wordnik.com. [Here’s what tyranny looks like at the beginning] Reference
I recommend anyone interested read some Korzybski (1879-1950) about 'General Semantics', especially his work on abstraction -- but much work has been in linguistics and cognitive psychology since then, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Iowa Straw Poll-- Did Romney Spend over $1000 a vote to win it? Either Way This is a Loss for Republicans] Reference
Taleb quickly joined my old companion Korzybski, who started me thinking hard about categorical constructs, - and we over here in psychiatry-land are awash in descriptive labels and drowning in the Gaussian Curve of tiny n numbers with limited variables. From Wordnik.com. [My New Crush] Reference
I liked it because Tony Robbins preaches a version of Korzybski General Semantics popularized in SF circles by A.E. van Vogt's WORLD OF NULL A, the theory that the personality is shaped by the nature of the abstract concepts we use to think about the world. From Wordnik.com. [UPDATED: I've Been Tagged] Reference
General Semantics is a school of thought founded by Alfred Korzybski in about 1933 in response to his observations that most people had difficulty defining human and social discussions and problems and could almost never predictably resolve them into elements that were responsive to successful intervention or correction. From Wordnik.com. [» Institute of General Semantics moves heinleinblog] Reference
It's really a semantic reaction test; Korzybski would have loved it. From Wordnik.com. [Day of the Moron] Reference
He went back to the first century Pre-Atomic, and Pavlov and Korzybski and Freud. From Wordnik.com. [Little Fuzzy] Reference
One day, Korzybski was giving a lecture to a group of students, and he suddenly interrupted the lesson in order to retrieve a packet of biscuits, wrapped in white paper, from his briefcase. From Wordnik.com. [Technically Speaking, Market Analysis and Theory] Reference
He actually worked under, Korzybski himself, when he was a young student-it's the only thing he's vain about. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Past Through Tomorrow]
Very interesting links to Korzybski - loved the anecdote in wikipedia where he demonstrates that people eat words, not just food. From Wordnik.com. [philosophical principles] Reference
"You see, ladies and gentlemen", Korzybski remarked, "I have just demonstrated that people don't just eat food, but also words, and that the taste of the former is often outdone by the taste of the latter. From Wordnik.com. [Technically Speaking, Market Analysis and Theory] Reference
Korzybski?. From Wordnik.com. [Anywhen]
~ Alfred Korzybski. From Wordnik.com. [Speedlinking 9/13/07] Reference
I was quoting Korzybski. ". From Wordnik.com. [Spock Must Die]
1950 - Alfred Korzybski dies (b. From Wordnik.com. [Nothingandall] Reference
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