Crutchfield

[calbert at tiac.net]

on the subject of serendipity:

from NYRB 5/31/01  pg. 23, The Road to Babel, Ian Buruma

"Some are so worried about the domination of English that they use 
such phrases as "killer language", as though English were a kind of 
epidemic disease striking all people dumb in their own languages. 
the pathological terminology is no coincidence. Those who speak of 
"killer languages" and deplore the extinction of Mbabaran in 
Australia or Wappo in the American West, also use terms such as 
"bio-linguistic diversity"......."

love,
cfa



> 
> >I had the good fortune to read The Autobiography of Abbie Hoffman
> >immediately after finishing Gravity's Rainbow. In the Autobiography,
> >Hoffman writes of Crutchfield as a prominent UC Berkely psychologist
> >who dealt with curing mice of what I assume were Pavlovian
> >mind-games. I immediately thought of Crutchfield the Westwardman from
> >Slothrop's "dream". I found no reference to this in Weisenburger,
> >your fine guide, or any summaries of the novel. I was wondering if
> >you know of any exploration into this in terms of theme. This may be
> >obvious to many GR readers, but I'm a paltry 17 and latched onto the
> >vague hope that I'd discovered something. Thanks.
> 
> Anyone have any ideas as to if this topic has been discussed by
> Pynchonites or as to if it is relevant/correct.
> 
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