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Gigant…Giganti…You Say It, Mr. Bloom
A small fish is okay, but a big fish is better.
To celebrate Throwback Thursday, it’s time to revisit the illustrious life of Mr. Edward Bloom from the book and film of the same name. For anyone who has seen the 2003 movie, Big Fish is a cinematic and storytelling masterpiece. Author Daniel Wallace reimagined the way we can (and should) perceive life.
Exhibit A:
Try and work in the word gigantificationism into normal conversation. That word is what you would call a big fish in a small (or large) pond.
Happy Throwback Thursday.
Define Efficiency
There are two options for researching the meaning of words: in a book or on a computer.
Which one do you think is more efficient? Are you leaning heavily towards the computer? Let’s conduct an experiment.
Using Google, type, “labyrinth definition.” After an exhaustive 0.31 seconds, there were approximately three million results for this specific search. Mind-boggling!
Now, using a hand-held dictionary, look up the word, “labyrinth.” While there was only one definition and it took a few seconds to locate, there are now tens of thousands of other words at your immediate convenience.
In this quest for a definition, but ultimately knowledge, which option cast a better, wider net?
Between the book and the computer, which one proves to be more of a labyrinth to an immediate abundance of information?
Mind-boggling indeed.
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