[lojban-beginners] Re: Do you agree with this guy?

["Matt Arnold" <matt.mattarn@gmail.com>]

People do learn Lojban. Once you get used to it, it's fine. This
gentleman doesn't want to be required to get used to very much. He
says he's looking for simplicity, but what he means by "simple" is
that it doesn't take much effort for him to intuitively understand it.
That means he should stick with English.

He's wrong about Arabic not using an alphabet-- it does. Just not the
latin alphabet. He seems to be confusing Arabic with Japanese and
Chinese glyphs.

What does it mean for Lojban to be "a computer language"? Lojban could
serve as an interlingua between humans and an artificial intelligence.
However, "computer language" usually means a set of mechanical
instructions for information processing. For that purpose, Lojban
might have a few small advantages over natural languages, but would
still be unusable for it.

He says he is developing the "best" language, but what is "best"? Even
if he figures out what metrics to use to define "best", will he really
develop the "best" with such a poverty of research?

-Eppcott


On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Roman Naumann <eldrikdo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday 26 September 2008 23:44:17 Robin Lee Powell wrote:
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>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:03:39PM +0200, tijlan wrote:
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>> > Is Lojban really more like a computer language than a human
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>> > language? Is it too difficult for us humans to learn?
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>> >
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>> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOw-3atOCIA
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>> I'm not going to even bother watching it: the answer is no.
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>> Ah, my gf has a digital video camera. Maybe I'll post a reply in
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>> Lojban. :D
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>> -Robin
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> i'esai
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> --
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> mu'o mi'e nam