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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by cbHXBY1D on Sunday June 26, 2016 @08:25PM (#11983532)
Never meet your heroes. I was a big fan of his work before taking a class with him. He's the rockstar of the cogsci department at Berkeley but he's known as a massive ego and a poor professor.
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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by Dotnaught on Monday June 27, 2016 @12:19AM (#11984199)
I took one of Lakoff's classes in 1987 and found his work to be compelling. Metaphors We Live By should be required reading.

http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3637992...

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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by ktRolster on Monday June 27, 2016 @02:17AM (#11984451)
He's the rockstar of the cogsci department at Berkeley but he's known as a massive ego and a poor professor.

I don't want to be harsh here, but it might be worth for you to consider that you were also a poor student.

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Re:Reasons not to use (i.e., be used by) Facebook by cbHXBY1D on Sunday July 03, 2016 @07:55PM (#12028180)
Sure, it's a fair consideration. But before asking that question you should have just quickly googled some other student opinions.

http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=246554

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