Synecdoche

NPR shifts from language focusing on the contentious, dubious opposition between “choice” and “life” to terms that emphasize that the debate is about the right to choose. ⇰ Continue Reading

If a machine could write a Mozart sonata every bit as good as the originals, then what was so special about Mozart? And was there really any soul behind the great works, or were Beethoven and his ilk just clever mathematical manipulators of notes? ⇰ Continue Reading