Re: [lojban] Re: [lojban-announcements] Essay on the future of Lojban, with a simple poll for the community.

[Alan Post <alanpost@sunflowerriver.org>]

On Fri, Apr 09, 2010 at 10:37:54AM -0700, Christopher Doty wrote:
>    From [1]lojban.org:
> 
>      * Lojban is designed to be used by people in communication with each
>        other, and possibly in the future with computers.
>      * Lojban is designed to be culturally neutral.
>      * Lojban has an unambiguous grammar, which is based on the principles of
>        logic.
>      * Lojban has phonetic spelling, and unambiguous resolution of sounds
>        into words.
>      * Lojban is simple compared to natural languages; it is easy to learn.
>      * Lojban's 1300 root words can be easily combined to form a vocabulary
>        of millions of words.
>      * Lojban is regular; the rules of the language are without exception.
>      * Lojban attempts to remove restrictions on creative and clear thought
>        and communication.
>      * Lojban has a variety of uses, ranging from the creative to the
>        scientific, from the theoretical to the practical.
> 
>    Where in here is there anything about being mind-bending? There are, as I
>    count them, seven things which imply that Lojban is trying to be
>    accessible, easy to learn, etc., and in the last point, it is clearly
>    point out that Lojban "has a variety of uses." If the use of Lojban is to
>    bend minds, what does this list mean, and why is that item missing?
>    On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:34, Matt Arnold <[2]matt.mattarn@gmail.com>
>    wrote:
> 

My newbie answer to this is the relative symmetry the language has
regarding logical operations, to include those that are difficult
to understand as they are being spoken.

That the mind-bending part is an emergent property of formally
analyzing the "making logical statements" space, rather than being
an explicit design goal.

-Alan
-- 
te djuno lo do sevzi

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