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[lojban-beginners] Re: newb needs urging forward



WGraph wrote:

The point is the motivation behind learning lojban. Basically I have been
changing in a fundamental way, long story short I had one of those life
changing realizations, dropped out of third year engineering. The reason is
really hard to explain (the crux of the problem), and boils down to what it
is to be conscious, how we think, why am I alive, etc.
Go talk to a priest, vicor, rabbi or whatever. They love this stuff.

I've been writing extensively and I am constantly finding difficutly in
expressing my ideas, like there are no words in existence that can express
them.

I guess I want to use lojban, not for speaking but expressing very abstract
ideas about consiousness and life. But how do I know I won't experience the
same things, or even worse. As I understand it lojban is made up of
functions and arguments (you can call them sumpti and whatever, but that is
basically what they are).
I suggest you stop thinking about your ideas and read more first. Metaphysics, philosophy, religion. Lojban is great as a geek toy, but it won't help you understand nay express the big questions about life any more than learning to saw wood would make you an amazing wood-carver.

That's not to say that learning Lojban isn't a great pastime! I'm learning it to broaden my horizons, and I hope that one day it will lend me some insight into how to create a sentient artificial intelligence.

Mikevdg.