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Kyle: Yeah, she went totally kingston speech on his arse.
Matt: Totally, she kept on going on about how he had no right to say that to her and he should be more respectful.
Kyle: Yeah, she went totally kingston speech on his arse.
Matt: Totally, she kept on going on about how he had no right to say that to her and he should be more respectful.
by Durzan Amos December 9, 2008
Get the Kingston Speech mug.A form of vocal expression that is primarily comprised of a mixture of Ebonics, Southern Accents, and "gangsta speech".
John then exhibited his finest example of Danny Speech, which immediately frightened his friends and scared his family all the way to Nicaragua.
by DanBoy901742 February 1, 2014
Get the Danny Speech mug.A lot of sophisticated sounding words covering a flawed, irrational framework.
a particular variety of "begging the question" in which the very things the author criticizes, he also uses to support his own position.
Derived from Social Psychologist/Philosopher John Haidt's attacking arguments against Sam Harris, over Harris' $10,000 challenge for someone to provide a written argument compelling enough to change Harris' mind re: the central premise in the book, "The Moral Landscape."
Exemplified in this article: www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/why-sam-harris-is-unlikely-to-change-his-mind10
Haidt writes early on:
" Nobody has yet found a way to “debias” people—to train people to look for evidence on the other side—once emotions or self-interest are activated."
a particular variety of "begging the question" in which the very things the author criticizes, he also uses to support his own position.
Derived from Social Psychologist/Philosopher John Haidt's attacking arguments against Sam Harris, over Harris' $10,000 challenge for someone to provide a written argument compelling enough to change Harris' mind re: the central premise in the book, "The Moral Landscape."
Exemplified in this article: www.thisviewoflife.com/index.php/magazine/articles/why-sam-harris-is-unlikely-to-change-his-mind10
Haidt writes early on:
" Nobody has yet found a way to “debias” people—to train people to look for evidence on the other side—once emotions or self-interest are activated."
"Saying human reason is a failure in battling emotions... except when it isn't... is pure Haidt-speech."
Yet later, provides a direct counter example:
"This is why science works so well. Scientists suffer from the confirmation bias like everybody else, but the genius of science as an institution is that it incentivizes scientists to disconfirm each others’ ideas, and it creates a community within which a reasoned consensus eventually emerges."
Yet later, provides a direct counter example:
"This is why science works so well. Scientists suffer from the confirmation bias like everybody else, but the genius of science as an institution is that it incentivizes scientists to disconfirm each others’ ideas, and it creates a community within which a reasoned consensus eventually emerges."
by BeyondBelief February 11, 2014
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Get the speech blurmia mug.A speech to express gratitude to the user-publishers at Urbandictionary for inducting definitions into the database. Akin to the speeches made by accomplished athletes who have excelled at their sport. These are definitions which have been accepted after many arduous attempts but well worth it too. Also similar to Academy Award Speech or Grammy Speech.
I won't make my UD Induction Speech long, I only have 30 seconds. But I would like to thank God, my parents, my children, my cats, my pets, my teachers, my workmates for all their support. But special thanks to all great user publishers who make this place great and inducting my Sadie
by lando888 September 17, 2015
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