Re: [lojban] Re: Founders: ja'o and ni'ikri

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 03:57:15PM -0800, jordi mas wrote:
> > I think it dates back to the days before the krici/jinvi
> > distinction was clearly understood.  In any event, the
> > definition of "krici" as believing without evidence/proof is
> > probably too strong: it should be more like believing with or
> > without evidence/proof.
> 
> I really can't see why it is probably too strong. Believing
> without proof is something we human beings do all the time.

Yes, but we also believe things *regardless* of proof, or things
where we believe (heh) that proof exists but have not actually
examined it ourselves.  There are *lots* of those, and krici should
cover them.

-Robin

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