From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Sep 01 07:24:53 2005 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:24:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.52) id 1EApzp-0006bF-QA for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:24:53 -0700 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.194]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1EApzl-0006b6-E3 for lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org; Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:24:53 -0700 Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 71so122402wri for ; Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:24:48 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=QIZSn2CSVa7gq+NU6hTW0WK6nxdYvXWPCUa9HXAaCudD9QcOGbjLdclGc4i4YYu1WZAhJLFG/ACAaxnhEVd0jHJLFlS2//5w4SNwcaWyAtwWYLqbkT6jylIq3v6JLZA9ALjF+PTsdVLXeBEGylXvFrj8/dMj61pZWXo5PGcNQ7E= Received: by 10.54.121.12 with SMTP id t12mr1274749wrc; Thu, 01 Sep 2005 07:24:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.140.6 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Sep 2005 07:24:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 10:24:48 -0400 From: Matt Arnold To: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: just a hobby? In-Reply-To: <2d3df92a0509010707627a218@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_10933_26028213.1125584688378" References: <2d3df92a0509010707627a218@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: -2.5 (--) X-archive-position: 1909 X-Approved-By: matt.mattarn@gmail.com X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@chain.digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-beginners ------=_Part_10933_26028213.1125584688378 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I don't know what the future holds for widespread adoption of Lojban.=20 Neither do I know if it will yeild measurable scientific insights. I enjoy= =20 speaking a language that has so much functional elegance. In the real world= ,=20 we have to be compatible with everybody else even if the existing monopoly= =20 is something defective. For me I like to imagine what native Lojban speaker= s=20 would be like in a world where longstanding traditions are discarded for=20 that which has the most intrinsic merit. I go into more detail on my page= =20 about why I am learning Lojban: http://www.nemorathwald.com/Why_Learning_Lojban.htm -epkat On 9/1/05, HeliodoR wrote: >=20 > I must ask You guys about what Lojban exactly is for You. > Is it only a hobby? An interesting experiment of languages and=20 > communication? Or do believe that the logical language has a future? > I'm curious about the answers. >=20 > mi'e .xili,odor. > ------=_Part_10933_26028213.1125584688378 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I don't know what the future holds for widespread adoption of Lojban. Neither do I know if it will yeild measurable scientific insights. I enjoy speaking a language that has so much functional elegance. In the real world, we have to be compatible with everybody else even if the existing monopoly is something defective. For me I like to imagine what native Lojban speakers would be like in a world where longstanding traditions are discarded for that which has the most intrinsic merit. I go into more detail on my page about why I am learning Lojban:
http://www.= nemorathwald.com/Why_Learning_Lojban.htm
-epkat

On 9/1/05, HeliodoR <exit= console@gmail.com> wrote:
I must ask You guys about what Lojban exactly is for You.
Is it only a hobby? An interesting experiment of languages and communication? Or do believe that the logical language has a future?
I'm curious about the answers.

mi'e .xili,odor.

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