From pycyn@aol.com Wed Sep 19 06:27:42 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 19 Sep 2001 13:27:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 34872 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2001 13:27:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 19 Sep 2001 13:27:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-m02.mx.aol.com) (64.12.136.5) by mta1 with SMTP; 19 Sep 2001 13:27:41 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-m02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v31_r1.7.) id r.155.13ad09d (18709) for ; Wed, 19 Sep 2001 09:27:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <155.13ad09d.28d9f743@aol.com> Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 09:27:31 EDT Subject: Re: [lojban] noxemol ce'u To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_155.13ad09d.28d9f743_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10535 From: pycyn@aol.com --part1_155.13ad09d.28d9f743_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/19/2001 12:49:31 AM Central Daylight Time, xod@sixgirls.org writes: > 3) Learn from the interesting fact that Lojban thinks it makes sense to > say {le pixra cu cenba le ni ce'u blanu}. What does this tell us about > numbers and the world? > Actually, as noted to nick, this is not a discoovery; it's in the list from of old. Still, it might be a good idea to meditate on it a bit. Damn! Have I missed another revolution? But, hey, {ka} has always created propositions, that is, is a function from an argument set to a proposition. It's what properties (or whatever) do -- and always has been. --part1_155.13ad09d.28d9f743_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/19/2001 12:49:31 AM Central Daylight Time, xod@sixgirls.org writes:


3) Learn from the interesting fact that Lojban thinks it makes sense to
say {le pixra cu cenba le ni ce'u blanu}. What does this tell us about
numbers and the world?

Actually, as noted to nick, this is not a discoovery; it's in the list from of old.  Still, it might be a good idea to meditate on it a bit.

<Why are you saying ka creates a proposition? Is this the fruit of our
revolution??>

Damn! Have I missed another revolution?  But, hey, {ka} has always created propositions, that is, is a function from an argument set to a proposition.  It's what properties (or whatever) do -- and always has been.

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