From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Oct 29 15:36:34 2008 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:36:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KvJeU-00008x-B5 for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:36:34 -0700 Received: from mailgw3a.lmco.com ([192.35.35.7]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KvJeM-00007s-6Y for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:36:34 -0700 Received: from emss04g01.ems.lmco.com (relay4.ems.lmco.com [166.17.13.122])by mailgw3a.lmco.com (LM-6) with ESMTP id m9TMaODf012689for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:36:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from CONVERSION2-DAEMON.lmco.com by lmco.com (PMDF V6.3-x14 #31428) id <0K9I00G01USO1W@lmco.com> for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:36:24 -0400 (EDT) Received: from EMSS02I00.us.lmco.com ([166.29.2.48]) by lmco.com (PMDF V6.3-x14 #31428) with ESMTP id <0K9I003F5USHC2@lmco.com> for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:36:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from emss02m20.us.lmco.com ([166.29.2.189]) by EMSS02I00.us.lmco.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:36:17 -0600 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:35:20 -0600 From: "Rostowfske, Luke J" Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: A bystander question concerning the recent CFG challenge In-reply-to: <423114.97241.qm@web24005.mail.ird.yahoo.com> To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Message-id: <6E2DF1575F3F2043AC2E1E8E56C5853D0CD20E22@emss02m20.us.lmco.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thread-Topic: [lojban-beginners] Re: A bystander question concerning the recent CFG challenge Thread-Index: Ack6FQ71dSIpTZ7FR2yYf5Td2dttLwAAEjTw Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: References: <20081029210320.GE2447@nvg.org> <423114.97241.qm@web24005.mail.ird.yahoo.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Oct 2008 22:36:17.0383 (UTC) FILETIME=[C1EA7770:01C93A16] X-Spam-Score: -8.0 X-Spam-Score-Int: -79 X-Spam-Bar: -------- X-archive-position: 961 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: luke.j.rostowfske@lmco.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Actually what I'm more curious about how can lojban change the way I think. I bumped into the wiki for Sapir-Whorf hypothesis and it started me thinking. Eventually I stumbled on lojban so I wondered how I might think if I had a purely logical language to interpret from. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapir%E2%80%93Whorf_hypothesis In that light I don't think it's quite so silly. Respectfully, Luke -----Original Message----- From: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org [mailto:lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org] On Behalf Of Fiat Knox Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 4:22 PM To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: A bystander question concerning the recent CFG challenge --- On Wed, 29/10/08, Arnt Richard Johansen wrote: > From: Arnt Richard Johansen > Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: A bystander question concerning the recent CFG challenge > To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org > Date: Wednesday, 29 October, 2008, 9:03 PM > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 08:19:22PM +0100, tijlan wrote: > > My knowledge of computer science and its academy is > pretty limited, so > > my question might sound silly. Why is it that Lojban > (it seems) has > > little involvement from such institutions as MIT? > In short, because constructed languages are considered frivolous by the > academic establishment, and therefore unworthy of study. Or, as I suspect, lojban is far beyond their ability to grasp. :) Peace, Alex. "Oh, I love it when they /ask/ me to corrupt them ..." - Me, talking to Nai, Mar 01 2008 "You people and your quaint little categories." - Captain Jack Harkness, Torchwood "We're grown ups now, and it's our turn to decide what that means." - Randall Munroe, http://xkcd.com Conquer the Universe with me! See how at http://fiat-knox.livejournal.com We are now leaving the Kingdom of Star Trek and entering normal space.