From xod@thestonecutters.net Fri Nov 08 14:38:47 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Fri, 08 Nov 2002 14:38:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18AHlz-00068J-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Fri, 08 Nov 2002 14:38:43 -0800 Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gA8Mcgw37622 for ; Fri, 8 Nov 2002 17:38:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 17:38:42 -0500 (EST) From: Invent Yourself To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: partial recantation in favour of solomonics In-Reply-To: <200211082247.RAA07521@mail2.reutershealth.com> Message-ID: <20021108173758.C36803-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 2556 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, John Cowan wrote: > Invent Yourself scripsit: > > > > On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, And Rosta wrote: > > > > > But I think we also would like to be able to say > > > truthfully that "50% of unicorns are male". > > I think that in the Real World, where there are no unicorns, this > statement can't be sustained. What I told AndR: "And you should probably read and meditate on what I closed message 17044 with, which shows why "50% of unicorns are male" is always a valid statement." -- "In the Soviet Union, government controls industry. In the United States, industry controls government. That is the principal structural difference between the two great oligarchies of our time." -- Edward Abbey