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[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 08
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- Subject: [jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 08
- From: "A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 09:07:42 -0700 (PDT)
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> >> > 4) tolpa'a (dread/apprehension)
> >> >
> >> > p1 tolpa'a p2 p3
> >> > p1 dreads/is apprehensive about event p2, expected likelyhood being p3
>(0-1)
> >>
> >> the x3 is nonsense for "pacna", and the nonsense carries on to "tolpa'a".
> >
> > I've never understood your objection to the p3 (as you know). You can dread
> > an event irrespetive of it being likely to happen (e.g. p3=0.9) or unlikely
> > to happen (e.g. p3=0.1). The dreading is about consequence not likelyhood.
>
> My objection is precisely because the likelihood of an event has
> nothing whatsoever to do with the hoping or dreading of it. Why is it
> even part of the place structure? What connection does it have with
> the hoping/drearing?
>
Surely they are related. If I hope that something will happen, it may or
may not happen. x3 gives the subjective probability of it happening.
Now if you are suggesting x3 will not be used very often, I agree.
But then there are many gismu with far-out places that are likely
to be used only infrequently.
totus