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Lecturer | Linguist | language researcher | PhD Candidate in Complex Systems

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Month: January 2021

Coping with Uncertainty in My Life

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021
Jacob Billings
Personal

Usually, I like to wake up early around 5:30 am, and start my day. That is my preferred schedule if I can get to bed early enough. This morning I woke up to this beautiful scene. It’s not unusual to

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How semantics change our perception of reality.

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021
Jacob Billings
Linguistics, Politics

There was an article in the National Review that caught my eye today. It was about how the media covered the different riots this summer and how they treated capitol rioters in January. We hold concepts in our brain through

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My love/hate relationship with LDS seminary

January 24, 2021January 25, 2021
Jacob Billings
Religion

For those not of my faith, seminary is a four-year program for high school-aged youth. Every weekday during the school year the youth attend a one-hour class about the scriptures. Every year they rotate the topics. They rotate between Old

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Breaking down a weird abortion argument

January 22, 2021January 24, 2021
Jacob Billings
Linguistics

I keep seeing this photo go around social media and people defending it as if it was logical. It is not a logical argument to make for reasons I will explain. In writing this article, I am not advocating one

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My thoughts on the Trump Presidency and our nation going forward

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021
Jacob Billings
Politics

Now that Joe Biden is now the President of the United States I think it is appropriate to reflect back on the last four years. It was a bumpy ride. One that I would not like to live again. For

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The forgotten message of Martin Luther King Jr.

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021
Jacob Billings
Liberty

One of my all-time favorite pieces of political writing is Martin Luther King’s letter from Birmingham jail. The truth in that letter is second only to the declaration of independence in my mind. In fact, they both espouse the same

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An update to my battle with soda

January 16, 2021January 17, 2021
Jacob Billings
Personal

On January 1st I made the decision to get off of soda of every kind. I drank two sodas a day for a couple of years. I went completely cold turkey. I have pretty strong will power when I put

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