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Re: Dao De Jing [was Re: Promoting Lojban]
- Subject: Re: Dao De Jing [was Re: Promoting Lojban]
- From: Robin Turner <robin@Bilkent.EDU.TR>
- Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 19:28:05 +0200
xod wrote:
> I think that logic and ambiguity are orthogonal, meaning that all four
> combinations of {logical, illogical} and {ambiguous, unambiguous} are
> possible. Lojban, although it eliminates sentences which are ambiguous,
> still permits sentences which violate logic, like the two-headed cow
> example.
That wasn't illogical, just factually untrue. It could become true through
genetic engineering or accident ({zo'o mu'a} if the British keep feeding cows on
sheep's brains)
co'o mi'e robin.