Meditation, Language, and Evolution

There are many kinds of meditation, but a common theme in meditation is control of attention or awareness. In particular, several meditation exercises involve focusing attention on the immediate present, which seems to involve stopping or altering the internal monologue that usually fills our consciousness. It seems to me that this internal monologue, this constant [...]

Why Computational Linguistics?

I was thinking about what to say to a student who is contemplating a career in computational linguistics. How can I convey my enthusiasm? How can I explain my fascination with language? Here are some of the things that came to mind: