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Word Cloud Illustrates Most Used Terms in SCOTUS Arguments

By pete_gallagher

Combine relatively new technology with the transcripts from Tuesday's oral arguments at the Supreme Court for Schwarzenegger vs. EMA and what do you get? A rather interesting word cloud that visually illustrates the most commonly used words throughout the proceedings.

Fast Company analyzed the transcripts and infered by the prominence of words like "obscenity," "know," "whether," and "think" in the cloud that the matter is ultimately philosophical.

Indeed, in looking at the cloud, it is fascinating that the word 'think' is represented in larger type than 'know.'

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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on November 04, 2010 (boomark / email).