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  2. Three wise monkeys - Wikipedia

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    The three wise monkeys at the Tōshō-gū shrine in Nikkō, Japan. The three wise monkeys are a Japanese pictorial maxim, embodying the proverbial principle " see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil ". [1] The three monkeys are. Mizaru (見ざる), "does not see", covering his eyes. Kikazaru (聞かざる), "does not hear", covering his ears.

  3. Gandhi's Three Monkeys - Wikipedia

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    This series of sculptures continues Gupta's inspections of dualities in his artwork, including themes of war and peace, public and private, global and local. [3] The phrase "See no evil, Hear no evil, Speak no evil" first emerged in Japan in the 17th century and then was later adopted worldwide as a message of peace and tolerance due to Mahatma Gandhi's visual metaphor of the three monkeys ...

  4. Great ape language - Wikipedia

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    Great ape language research historically involved attempts to teach chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans to communicate using imitative human speech, sign language, physical tokens and computerized lexigrams. These studies were controversial, with debate focused on the definition of language, the welfare of test subjects, and the ...

  5. Papa Don't Preach - Wikipedia

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    Brian Elliot wrote "Papa Don't Preach". [2] Based on teen gossip he would hear outside his recording studio, which had a large front window that was used as mirror by schoolgirls from the Los Angeles' North Hollywood High School, Elliot described the track as a "love song, maybe framed a little bit differently [...] about a young girl who found herself at a crossroads in life and didn’t know ...

  6. Letters on Sunspots - Wikipedia

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    Mark Welser. When Jesuit Christoph Scheiner first observed sunspots in March 1611, he ignored them until he saw them again in October. Then, under the pseudonym Apelles latens post tabulam (Apelles hiding behind the painting), [14] he presented his description and conclusions about them in three letters to the Augsburg banker and scholar Mark Welser.

  7. Apophenia - Wikipedia

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    Apophenia (/ æpoʊˈfiːniə /) is the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated things. [1] The term (German: Apophänie from the Greek verb ἀποφαίνειν (apophaínein)) was coined by psychiatrist Klaus Conrad in his 1958 publication on the beginning stages of schizophrenia. [2] He defined it as "unmotivated ...

  8. Seven rays - Wikipedia

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    The seven rays is a concept that has appeared in several religions and esoteric philosophies in both Western culture and in India since at least the sixth century BCE. [1]In occidental culture, it can be seen in early Western mystery traditions, such as Gnosticism and Mithraism, and in texts and iconic art of the Catholic Church as early as the Byzantine Empire.

  9. Broca's area - Wikipedia

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    Damage to Broca's area is commonly associated with telegraphic speech made up of content vocabulary. For example, a person with Broca's aphasia may say something like, "Drive, store. Mom." meaning to say, "My mom drove me to the store today." Therefore, the content of the information is correct, but the grammar and fluidity of the sentence is ...