[lojban] Re: How many possible gismu?

[MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 8/25/2009 02:53:53 Eastern Daylight Time, fagricipni@gmail.com writes:


> "So even given the rate at which I imagine that new gismu
> might be created; it would be extremely unusual for there
> to be more than 10 per century, usually less -- 10 per
> century would be 100 per millennium, leading to at least
> 7429/100 = 74+ millennia before there is even a possibility
> of running out of gismu."


You're assuming that change in the world is linear.  It's not.  It increases more than exponentially.  So 10 new gismu per century is a very (hugely) conservative estimate.  After the singularity occurs (in about 2045), we might use up all those new gismu in no time at all, since we can't predict what the world will be like after that point.

stevo