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I'm just some person who was told that Lojban is a= =20 logical language and decided to take "logical" seriously as an adjective. For what it's worth, it sounds like you understand what's going on in terms= =20 of social dynamics. To paraphrase your quote, I am rude to la gleki because= =20 la gleki has disrespected me for years *and* because la gleki has refused= =20 to study and work on understanding formal maths. I am happy to talk to any= =20 of the 730+ members who have *not* spent the past few years being=20 backhanded and dismissive on IRC. This isn't my first post to the list, either. I strongly recommend reading= =20 the posts from the past year, especially the ones where I went entirely=20 unanswered [0][1][2]. You also should know that I am following the=20 tradition of Clifford in directly critiquing the goals and status of Lojban= =20 [3]. [0] https://groups.google.com/g/lojban/c/L8NFx18ZePc [1] https://groups.google.com/g/lojban/c/F-mntSJHz7w [2] https://groups.google.com/g/lojban/c/LwYwRLtsajs [3] https://groups.google.com/g/lojban/c/gkIpyzNXykw On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 11:15:43 AM UTC-7 xxv wrote: > I'm just a lurker here, but you came in really hot and are now being=20 > mean to people. Perhaps, IDK, be cool and we can work this whole thing=20 > out together? Not everyone is a math genius like you. > > "People may be rude to you because they are unhappy, someone hurt them=20 > recently, you were disrespectful towards them, or because they were=20 > never taught the correct way to act around people." [0] > > [0] https://www.wikihow.com/Be-Cool > > On 2021-04-01 13:14, Corbin Simpson wrote: > > You are literally standing in front of the detailed plan, complete > > with links and notes, built from years of conversation about the > > nature of Lojban and maths, and you have the audacity to ask "do we > > have a plan?" {mi'a} have a plan, and it's the one I just explained. > > {mi'o} have a different plan: you need to learn some maths and stop > > being so squeamish about working directly with logic itself. > >=20 > > Start from the definition of a category. Every category gives a logic; > > the objects of the category are equivalence classes of propositions, > > and the modus-ponens of the logic is witnessed by the category's > > arrows. This is the foundation of categorical logic. From there, you > > can learn about type theory and topos theory. > >=20 > > I have spoon-fed you for years on IRC, and in this moment, you are > > like Henry the 8th in "A Man for All Seasons" [0], a vain king who > > believes himself to be a master of both English and Latin, who stands > > in the mud without even thinking about it, and who demonstrates their > > lack of understanding every time they refuse to engage in > > self-directed study. > >=20 > > [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons > >=20 > > On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 10:02:48 AM UTC-7 gleki.is...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >=20 > >> Em quinta-feira, 1 de abril de 2021 =C3=A0s 18:08:28 UTC+3, > >> mostawe...@gmail.com escreveu: > >>=20 > >>> Hey all, > >>>=20 > >>> Time for the sort-of-annual reminder that Lojban falls far short > >>> of its goals. I'll spell out an explicit recipe for achieving > >>> those goals. > >>>=20 > >>> Suppose that Lojban were logical; that is, suppose that it has a > >>> logic [0]. A logic has three components: > >>>=20 > >>> * A collection of letters which form a collection of words > >>> * A grammar which indicates whether a sequence of words is a > >>> well-formed sentence > >>> * A collection of rewrite rules which each match sequences of > >>> words within well-formed sentences and replace them with new > >>> sequences of words which are still well-formed > >>>=20 > >>> We have two of three, for what it's worth. The failure is in this > >>> third component. If we had all three, then we might call Lojban a > >>> *type theory* [1]. In a type theory, we start with a sentence, and > >>> then apply rewrite rules to create new sentences. A sequence of > >>> rewrite rules, along with a starting sentence, is called a *proof* > >>> when the rules can be applied in sequence to the starting sentence > >>> in order to produce a new final sentence. > >>>=20 > >>> The defining feature of type theory is types. A type is a > >>> collection of proofs, called *elements* of the type, which might > >>> be equivalent to each other. To show equivalence for two objects, > >>> we would need a pair of proofs which transform one object into > >>> another. We can also do this for two different proofs which lead > >>> to the same element in the same type, by transforming one proof > >>> into another, and so on. (This leads to [2].) > >>>=20 > >>> Contrary to popular belief, types are emergent features of type > >>> theory; they do not have to be predefined. If we had a collection > >>> of rewrite rules for Lojban, then we could discover types within > >>> Lojban's existing corpus. A ready stream of examples comes from > >>> the fact that sets are like partial (*truncated*) types; they have > >>> elements and equivalence, but no proofs. > >>>=20 > >>> In fact, this would give the native type theory [3][4][5] of > >>> Lojban. A native type theory is one which is generated directly > >>> from the three components I mentioned earlier, but ignoring any > >>> "types" which might be defined internally already. For example, > >>> {ctaipe} does not actually refer to Lojban's types. The native > >>> type theory could be directly put to use computationally: > >>>=20 > >>> * To prove formal facts about Lojban utterances [6] > >>> * To optimize Lojban utterances, shortening or clarifying them [7] > >>> * To synthesize Lojban utterances which describe a > >>> partially-specified world [8] > >>>=20 > >>> * To compile Lojban utterances into executable programs [9] > >>>=20 > >>> Iterating on CLL has not produced the rewrite rules that we might > >>> desire. It sketches several rules and even gives some examples for > >>> the "logical" connectives, but it is far from complete. Similarly, > >>> la brismu suggests a handful of rewrite rules borrowed from CLL > >>> and other logics, but is missing the tense system, BAI, > >>> Lojban-in-Lojban grammar, mekso, and much more. > >>>=20 > >>> Lojban only cosplays as a logical language. We could fix that, if > >>> we cared to learn the relevant maths. > >>=20 > >> Do we have a plan? No deadlines but some plan might be needed. Where > >> to start from? Can we solve problems iteratively? > >>=20 > >>> Peace, > >>>=20 > >>> ~ C. > >>>=20 > >>> [0] https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/logic > >>>=20 > >>> [1] https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/type+theory > >>> [2] https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/homotopy%20type%20theory > >>> [3] > >>>=20 > >> https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2021/02/native_type_theory.html > >>>=20 > >>> [4] > >>>=20 > >>=20 > >=20 > https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2021/03/native_type_theory_part_2.ht= ml > >>>=20 > >>> [5] > >>>=20 > >>=20 > >=20 > https://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2021/03/native_type_theory_part_3_1.= html > >>> [6] http://us.metamath.org/ > >>> [7] https://egraphs-good.github.io/ > >>> [8] https://github.com/webyrd/Barliman > >>> [9] http://docs.idris-lang.org/en/latest/ > >=20 > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "lojban" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an email to lojban+un...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > >=20 > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lojban/16ccd800-23f0-4c9f-9ee7-8c7f4f08= 223en%40googlegroups.com > > [1]. > >=20 > >=20 > > Links: > > ------ > > [1] > >=20 > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/lojban/16ccd800-23f0-4c9f-9ee7-8c7f4f08= 223en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dfooter > --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. 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I'm not a math genius. I'm just some person who was told that Lojban i= s a logical language and decided to take "logical" seriously as an adjectiv= e.

For what it's worth, it sounds like you und= erstand what's going on in terms of social dynamics. To paraphrase your quo= te, I am rude to la gleki because la gleki has disrespected me for years *a= nd* because la gleki has refused to study and work on understanding formal = maths. I am happy to talk to any of the 730+ members who have *not* spent t= he past few years being backhanded and dismissive on IRC.
This isn't my first post to the list, either. I strongly recomm= end reading the posts from the past year, especially the ones where I went = entirely unanswered [0][1][2]. You also should know that I am following the= tradition of Clifford in directly critiquing the goals and status of Lojba= n [3].

[0] https://groups.google.com/g/lojban/= c/L8NFx18ZePc
[1] https://groups.google.com/g/lojban/c/F-mntS= JHz7w
[2] https://groups.google.com/g/lojban/c/LwYwRLtsajs
[3] https://groups.google.com/g/lojban/c/gkIpyzNXykw
<= div class=3D"gmail_quote">
On Thursda= y, April 1, 2021 at 11:15:43 AM UTC-7 xxv wrote:
I'm just a lurker here, but you cam= e in really hot and are now being=20
mean to people. Perhaps, IDK, be cool and we can work this whole thing= =20
out together? Not everyone is a math genius like you.

"People may be rude to you because they are unhappy, someone hurt = them=20
recently, you were disrespectful towards them, or because they were=20
never taught the correct way to act around people." [0]

[0] https://www.wikihow.= com/Be-Cool

On 2021-04-01 13:14, Corbin Simpson wrote:
> You are literally standing in front of the detailed plan, complete
> with links and notes, built from years of conversation about the
> nature of Lojban and maths, and you have the audacity to ask "= ;do we
> have a plan?" {mi'a} have a plan, and it's the one I = just explained.
> {mi'o} have a different plan: you need to learn some maths and= stop
> being so squeamish about working directly with logic itself.
>=20
> Start from the definition of a category. Every category gives a lo= gic;
> the objects of the category are equivalence classes of proposition= s,
> and the modus-ponens of the logic is witnessed by the category'= ;s
> arrows. This is the foundation of categorical logic. From there, y= ou
> can learn about type theory and topos theory.
>=20
> I have spoon-fed you for years on IRC, and in this moment, you are
> like Henry the 8th in "A Man for All Seasons" [0], a vai= n king who
> believes himself to be a master of both English and Latin, who sta= nds
> in the mud without even thinking about it, and who demonstrates th= eir
> lack of understanding every time they refuse to engage in
> self-directed study.
>=20
> [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Man_for_All_Seasons<= /a>
>=20
> On Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 10:02:48 AM UTC-7
gleki.is...@gmail.com
> wrote:
>=20
>> Em quinta-feira, 1 de abril de 2021 =C3=A0s 18:08:28 UTC+3,
>> mostawe...@gmail.co= m escreveu:
>>=20
>>> Hey all,
>>>=20
>>> Time for the sort-of-annual reminder that Lojban falls far= short
>>> of its goals. I'll spell out an explicit recipe for ac= hieving
>>> those goals.
>>>=20
>>> Suppose that Lojban were logical; that is, suppose that it= has a
>>> logic [0]. A logic has three components:
>>>=20
>>> * A collection of letters which form a collection of words
>>> * A grammar which indicates whether a sequence of words is= a
>>> well-formed sentence
>>> * A collection of rewrite rules which each match sequences= of
>>> words within well-formed sentences and replace them with n= ew
>>> sequences of words which are still well-formed
>>>=20
>>> We have two of three, for what it's worth. The failure= is in this
>>> third component. If we had all three, then we might call L= ojban a
>>> *type theory* [1]. In a type theory, we start with a sente= nce, and
>>> then apply rewrite rules to create new sentences. A sequen= ce of
>>> rewrite rules, along with a starting sentence, is called a= *proof*
>>> when the rules can be applied in sequence to the starting = sentence
>>> in order to produce a new final sentence.
>>>=20
>>> The defining feature of type theory is types. A type is a
>>> collection of proofs, called *elements* of the type, which= might
>>> be equivalent to each other. To show equivalence for two o= bjects,
>>> we would need a pair of proofs which transform one object = into
>>> another. We can also do this for two different proofs whic= h lead
>>> to the same element in the same type, by transforming one = proof
>>> into another, and so on. (This leads to [2].)
>>>=20
>>> Contrary to popular belief, types are emergent features of= type
>>> theory; they do not have to be predefined. If we had a col= lection
>>> of rewrite rules for Lojban, then we could discover types = within
>>> Lojban's existing corpus. A ready stream of examples c= omes from
>>> the fact that sets are like partial (*truncated*) types; t= hey have
>>> elements and equivalence, but no proofs.
>>>=20
>>> In fact, this would give the native type theory [3][4][5] = of
>>> Lojban. A native type theory is one which is generated dir= ectly
>>> from the three components I mentioned earlier, but ignorin= g any
>>> "types" which might be defined internally alread= y. For example,
>>> {ctaipe} does not actually refer to Lojban's types. Th= e native
>>> type theory could be directly put to use computationally:
>>>=20
>>> * To prove formal facts about Lojban utterances [6]
>>> * To optimize Lojban utterances, shortening or clarifying = them [7]
>>> * To synthesize Lojban utterances which describe a
>>> partially-specified world [8]
>>>=20
>>> * To compile Lojban utterances into executable programs [9= ]
>>>=20
>>> Iterating on CLL has not produced the rewrite rules that w= e might
>>> desire. It sketches several rules and even gives some exam= ples for
>>> the "logical" connectives, but it is far from co= mplete. Similarly,
>>> la brismu suggests a handful of rewrite rules borrowed fro= m CLL
>>> and other logics, but is missing the tense system, BAI,
>>> Lojban-in-Lojban grammar, mekso, and much more.
>>>=20
>>> Lojban only cosplays as a logical language. We could fix t= hat, if
>>> we cared to learn the relevant maths.
>>=20
>> Do we have a plan? No deadlines but some plan might be needed.= Where
>> to start from? Can we solve problems iteratively?
>>=20
>>> Peace,
>>>=20
>>> ~ C.
>>>=20
>>> [0] h= ttps://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/logic
>>>=20
>>> [1] https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/type+theory
>>> [2] https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/homo= topy%20type%20theory
>>> [3]
>>>=20
>> https://golem.ph.= utexas.edu/category/2021/02/native_type_theory.html
>>>=20
>>> [4]
>>>=20
>>=20
> https://= golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2021/03/native_type_theory_part_2.html
>>>=20
>>> [5]
>>>=20
>>=20
> http= s://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2021/03/native_type_theory_part_3_1.html
>>> [6]
http://us.metamath.org/
>>> [7]
https://e= graphs-good.github.io/
>>> [8] ht= tps://github.com/webyrd/Barliman
>>> [9] http://docs.idris-lang.org/en/latest/
>=20
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> [1].
>=20
>=20
> Links:
> ------
> [1]
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