Re: [silk] The Science of Sarcasm? Yeah, Right

2011-11-18 Thread ss
On Friday 18 Nov 2011 9:41:13 pm Udhay Shankar N wrote: > It turns out that the braintwisting required to process sarcasm is > useful in various contexts. Who knew? Poe's law anyone? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law shiv

Re: [silk] The Science of Sarcasm? Yeah, Right

2011-11-18 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Now that really would be a useful invention. Yeah, right. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2Mc7bTG3-c

[silk] The Science of Sarcasm? Yeah, Right

2011-11-18 Thread Udhay Shankar N
It turns out that the braintwisting required to process sarcasm is useful in various contexts. Who knew? Udhay http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/The-Science-of-Sarcasm-Yeah-Right.html?c=y&story=fullstory In an episode of “The Simpsons,” mad scientist Professor Frink demonstrates his l

Re: [silk] Niall Ferguson v Pankaj Mishra: battle of the historians

2011-11-18 Thread Indrajit Gupta
What coinage from the Indus Valley Civilisation? From: Sriram ET. To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Sent: Friday, 18 November 2011 12:02 PM Subject: Re: [silk] Niall Ferguson v Pankaj Mishra: battle of the historians On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Biju Chacko