Jose MaanmieliOn the behaviour of language IIHuman–dog interactions are a great way to demonstrate what I call the behaviour of language: that is, a fundamental difference between…4 min read·May 20, 2023----
Jose MaanmieliLos países no existenUna nota sobre el Papá Noel de científicos e intelectuales6 min read·May 20, 2023----
Jose MaanmieliinCoinmonksThe Platonic Case for BitcoinThe basic idea of digital money is that digits can represent economic value. This value can be transferred by means of an accounting…4 min read·Nov 28, 2022----
Jose MaanmieliBitcoin and academiaPaul Krugman once said to Bernard Lietaer, a monetary theorist and one of the architects of the euro, that he should ‘never touch the money…3 min read·Nov 24, 2022--1--1
Jose MaanmieliOn the behaviour of languageImagine a parent explaining to their child that they ought to say “thank you”. They are at a restaurant, the food arrives, and the child…3 min read·Nov 24, 2022----
Jose MaanmieliOn Anthropology (I)Sapiens is a digital magazine whose mission is to bring anthropology to the public. It has a pop-up window that asks you whether you are ‘a…5 min read·Apr 9, 2022----
Jose MaanmieliWhy We Call Parents ‘Parents’Why do we call our parents ‘Mum’, ‘Dad’ and other similar words? Researchers tend to say that those words come from the sounds babies make…12 min read·Apr 6, 2022----
Jose MaanmieliWhy Science Needs to Understand LanguageIn the study of human behaviour, there are many neurologists, geneticists, cognitive psychologists, psycholinguists and other researchers…7 min read·Apr 6, 2022--1--1
Jose MaanmieliBitcoin and the fallacy of moneyA careless boy has broken the baker’s shop window. The baker is angry. Now he will need to spend his hard-earned money on replacing the…11 min read·Apr 6, 2022----