From jcowan@reutershealth.com Sat Nov 09 09:29:48 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 09 Nov 2002 09:29:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from [65.246.141.151] (helo=mail2.reutershealth.com) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18AZQW-0001vv-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sat, 09 Nov 2002 09:29:44 -0800 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail2.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id MAA13211; Sat, 9 Nov 2002 12:41:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200211091741.MAA13211@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 9 Nov 2002 12:27:15 -0500 From: John Cowan Subject: [lojban] Re: partial recantation in favour of solomonics To: a.rosta@lycos.co.uk Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 12:27:15 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban-list@lojban.org In-Reply-To: from "And Rosta" at Nov 09, 2002 11:08:52 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 2570 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list And Rosta scripsit: > But actually I think you and me and xod agree. Provided we indicate > the world where unicorns exist, everybody's happy. Indeed. But xod rejected that strategy, saying he preferred to remain in the real world. And in the real world, "50% of unicorns are male" has indeterminate truth value. -- John Cowan jcowan@reutershealth.com At times of peril or dubitation, http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Perform swift circular ambulation, http://www.reutershealth.com With loud and high-pitched ululation.