could I rearrange the sumti and say...
{ fe la'edu'i jinvi fo ma }
...to mean "why believe that?" (without specifying me or you or whoever)
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 11:24, Sam Chapin
<not.here.now@gmail.com> wrote:
For a start there's {jinvi}, "opine": x1 holds opinion x2 (du'u) about subject x3 for reason x4.
"Why should I believe that?" is a fairly simple phrase, and the
cornerstone of the scientific method and skeptical movement... and I'm
having a bit of a time figuring out the Lojban version. The most
relevant lujvo or gismu I can find dealing with belief is krici, which
is belief /without/ evidence or proof, the exact opposite of the sort
of belief I want to deal with. Another way to say the same idea in
English is "What evidence supports that [assertion]?", but I'm having
trouble figuring out the different lujvo; would
ma xu'acmu fi ta
translate to something like "What evidence is the basis for asserting that?"
Or should I be trying to figure out "velji'i datni" or "sidydatni"
mentioned in the entry for datni?
Thank you for your time,
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DataPacRat
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