Received: from mail-ob0-f189.google.com ([209.85.214.189]:51344) by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1Sip1N-0000yv-PZ; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:46:45 -0700 Received: by obbun3 with SMTP id un3sf3468309obb.16 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:46:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=+NSWnPo9EKDRR8HBG9fgxGTg6MnZF1pB6rRi0QNKuz0=; b=1W0jYlzoigJLYXeTlDlCX+DhyqY/BA8I2L7Li/24k5XZFFzuvEKjCD6DACNfycB1iO PKH5DTWvx85DOOq7rAQzRoGhs3msFtQiwmobpYEscGEypk+qX2XZ6j47OWPNool0Et2X tqx/VCKL7cKbKc6ewlhl9YwzJ0mp9yKGLbCKQ= Received: by 10.50.158.136 with SMTP id wu8mr913858igb.1.1340552795373; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:46:35 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.50.42.165 with SMTP id p5ls1154038igl.1.canary; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.161.167 with SMTP id xt7mr6363314igb.0.1340552793932; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.50.161.167 with SMTP id xt7mr6363313igb.0.1340552793919; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-ob0-f180.google.com (mail-ob0-f180.google.com [209.85.214.180]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id bg10si2019026igc.3.2012.06.24.08.46.33 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of rpglover64@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.180 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.214.180; Received: by obbuo19 with SMTP id uo19so4480313obb.25 for ; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:46:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.60.171.135 with SMTP id au7mr9296783oec.62.1340552793620; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:46:33 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.182.17.97 with HTTP; Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:46:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <74243394-F7AA-46CD-B731-21E95827CE6B@yahoo.com> <5fbb3fd1-8c00-42a4-9dac-e9889e69757f@googlegroups.com> <000eea56-0a1e-4f54-8862-3cc817d539e1@googlegroups.com> <9cb9e4c0-f3fa-4183-8582-f14de670148c@googlegroups.com> From: ".arpis." Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:46:13 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Are Natlang the best case for entropy in communication ? To: lojban@googlegroups.com X-Original-Sender: rpglover64@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of rpglover64@gmail.com designates 209.85.214.180 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=rpglover64@gmail.com; dkim=pass header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Spam_score: -0.7 X-Spam_score_int: -6 X-Spam_bar: / aionys is pointing out that even though, mathematically, you can find a difference in ambiguity, this doesn't (necessarily) mean anything in practice. There are a whole host of things that can go wrong between the model and the real world (the model may imperfectly model the real world, the model may perfectly model something that is not the real world, etc.) Also, taking for a given that lojban has more potential ambiguity due to ambient noise or mishearing, that doesn't mean that _communication_ in lojban is any more difficult than in other languages; discourse might structure itself so that this is not an issue. Even taking for granted that communication in lojban is more difficult than in other languages, you have failed to answer the question that other people have posed: "so what?" Do you propose a change to lojban? It's not going to happen, as it will have to be so pervasive as to invalidate all the lojban we already know. Do you propose a new language? Design it yourself and come back to us; we may not learn it, but we'll appreciate your work (and point out flaws in it that you hadn't thought of). Do you propose we just give up on lojban? You're posting this to the lojban mailing list; you can imagine the outcome yourself. One of the strengths of lojban, entirely apart from its design, is common to most successful open source projects; we are willing and able to avoid yak shaving and bike shedding, and even though we sometimes enjoy a jbodau here and there, we can completely ignore proposals without feeling bad. there are simply too many changes to consider, and stability is more important. On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Escape Landsome wrot= e: >> Also "scientificity" isn't a word. > > It is in my natlang, but sorry this does not exist in English. > > > > Come, what you want is the prove that S(Example 2) much bigger than > mean value of S(Example 1s) for all Example 1s we can imagine. > > I reply with a minoration. =A0 A minoration IS A MATHEMATICAL proof. > If I was asked by you if an elephant is bigger than a mouse, even > without precisely measuring both animals, I could reason like that : > > Size(Elephant) much bigger than 1 meter > > Size(Mouse), smaller then 0.30 meter > > =3D> thus Size(Elephant) much bigger than Size(Mouse) > > > This is the same here, simply you don't perceive how much bigger is > S(E2) relatively to all S(E1). > > > But, anyway, well, I surrender. =A0 There must be somewhere =A0studies > recording estimates of S(E1s) for a lot of E1 situations where one > letter is mistyped. > > And I bet mean value of S(E1s) is between 1 and 1.58, which is the > most natural estimate tells us that in natural context there are in > the worst cases 2 ou 3 possibilities. > > You see, I make this a prediction that can be falsified, in a > popperish way of science. =A0 This is what I bet. > > And this is still less than 2.3 which is THE PROVED VALUE of S(E2). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups= "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegr= oups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojb= an?hl=3Den. > --=20 mu'o mi'e .arpis. --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. 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