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Whoever downvoted this, I would appreciate knowing why. I don't imagine you're going to stick around long enough to do so, but figured I'd request anyway.
It reads too much like "Help me with my homework", and you don't give the impression that you care about the topic or have given it any thought. Therefore it seems to offer little in terms of productive discussion.
This may be wrong but it's the impression I got from reading the post.
That's interesting, because to me it read more like "I'm going to write something interesting about anything you like, do some research for you, and even share the results" and "as long as I have to do this assignment I might as well make it useful to someone" but maybe that's because I recognized the poster's name, read his blog, etc.
I can see how someone might interpret it this way, though.
Yeah, I was definitely thinking of it more in this light: "I'm going to go do 10-15 hours of research and writing, and I'm offering anyone the chance to influence the topic with < 5 minutes of their own effort."
Thanks for clarifying - rescinded my downvote after your edit.
My own interests in these general areas relate to the intersection between language and action... In psychology where (a) embodied cognition is all the rage, and (b) theories of action, motor planning more specifically, are being applied to language theory (work by Pickering & Garrod especially). Especially given the application of similar approaches in robotics (Cangelosi and embodiment especially coming to mind here).
Me too Malcolm.
I didn't downvote, but this seems better suited to an open thread post than a toplevel Discussion post.