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Re:Google announces Calico, a new company that will focus on... by jmmcd on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @04:21PM (#6407840)
"catalyze a shift in the world's thought paradigm" is the quote, so it sounds like you're the one who needs to be careful of language.
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Re:Google announces Calico, a new company that will focus on... by thenomad on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @06:02PM (#6408450)
Although isn't "thought paradigm" a tautology?
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Re:Google announces Calico, a new company that will focus on... by dragonwriter on Wednesday September 18, 2013 @06:40PM (#6408656)
No (nor is it an oxymoron, which I think is more relevant); a paradigm is a defining pattern, and quite including a pattern of action. Its frequently used in a way which implicitly references a pattern of thought, but its not redundant to make that explicit.
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Re:Google announces Calico, a new company that will focus on... by thenomad on Thursday September 19, 2013 @06:25AM (#6410809)
Hmm, interesting. I've just checked the OED's definition, and it seems to mostly relate to thought - essentially, "paradigm" as "mental model".

However, the idea of an action paradigm is interesting - can you give an example of usage in that way?

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