Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id GAA19136 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 1 May 2002 06:19:37 +0100 Message-ID: <00a901c1f0ce$050dbc40$5e2ffea9@oemcomputer> From: "Philip Jonkers" <philipjonkers@prodigy.net> To: <memetics@mmu.ac.uk> References: <20020430233104.15031.qmail@web10106.mail.yahoo.com> Subject: Re: teleology and language Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:06:56 -0700 Organization: Prodigy Internet Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Ozren:
> This is what I call "optimised languages". They are really really good
> at what they do - but their general usefulness in everyday life is
> significantly below the one of the language you use when you go
> shopping or courting or teaching your children ethics.
Speaking of courting, go watch `A beautiful mind' for a typical example
of a very mathematical mind trying to hit on a chick by sticking to
his guns. Girls and (formal) logic, mutually exclusive? :-)
Phil.
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