From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Tue Dec 11 10:34:27 2007 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:34:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J29w3-0000T9-3f for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:34:27 -0800 Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J29w2-0000T2-3l for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:34:26 -0800 Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:34:26 -0800 From: Robin Lee Powell To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: base emotions Message-ID: <20071211183426.GM25819@digitalkingdom.org> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-archive-position: 5858 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 11:47:02AM -0500, MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/11/2007 4:23:01 AM Central Standard Time, > ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > > > > I guess the way we pronounce something may be unique to > > languages and cultures, but when you get down to it the base > > emotions are all the same. > > Different cultures have different emotions as well as different > languages. There are few, if any, "base" emotions. Umm. That's really not true; pick up a good text on evolutionary biology. Not only do we all share the same basic set of emotions, we use the same facial expressions to show them. There are no cultures that smile to indicate sadness (under normal circumstances). -Robin -- Lojban Reason #17: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/ http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/