From xod@sixgirls.org Sun Oct 07 20:42:47 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 8 Oct 2001 03:40:14 -0000 Received: (qmail 13081 invoked from network); 8 Oct 2001 03:40:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by 10.1.1.224 with QMQP; 8 Oct 2001 03:40:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (64.152.7.13) by mta3 with SMTP; 8 Oct 2001 03:42:45 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f983giI22036 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2001 23:42:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 23:42:43 -0400 (EDT) To: Subject: Mex for daily life (was: On functions to various types of things. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, And Rosta wrote: > > I'm not sure. It would (I suppose -- though I can imagine all kinds > > of weaseling going on on even this) make it clear that there is a function > > being talked about. The problem ten is the temptation to see it as a > > mathematical function, giving rise to mathemtatical entities as values. > > It would be a good outcome if we overcame the temptation, because it would > show that mex expressions might have some utility for everyday discourse. If we relaxed the stricture on "operands", allowing mex operators to apply to sumti, we could 1. See some mex get used, 2. Probably enable some very interesting and very Lojbanic expressions, and 3. Possibly help you guys out with your struggles. -- It's said that Mullah Omar has met two non-Muslims in his life. Others say even that's not true. Sami ul-Haq, Osama bin Laden's closest friend in Pakistan, runs the "University for the Education of Truth," a fundamentalist institution that educated and trained nine out of the Taliban's top 10 leaders.