[lojban] Re: How to spread the word

["Chris Capel" <pdf23ds@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 15:57, Auke Booij <auke.booij@gmail.com> wrote:
> Lojban, with all its properties, would be a
> very good language in such an environment, because it further forces you
> to form a definition of everything you're talknig about, resulting in
> better science.

As someone who does not speak fluently, or even all that well, but who
has actually studied most of Lojban in depth, I find the idea that
Lojban would have any major advantages for scientific articles to be
dubious. Language is simply not a roadblock in communication in
science, except insofar as there is more than one language in the
world. And while I think Lojban would be a great candidate for an
interlingua, that's really a completely separate argument.

I wonder if you could be more specific about how you see English (or
German) falling down as a language for scientific discourse. How is
science materially harmed by the disadvantages English has compared to
Lojban?

Chris Capel
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