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Re: CHAT: Religion, Philosophy & Politics

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Friday, May 5, 2000, 3:56
Herman Miller scripsit:

> Interesting. Jarrda uses essentially the same solution as Loglan, in the > case of words such as "large". But "red" is specifically defined as a > particular frequency of light. If you claim that something is "red" in > Jarrda, what that basically means is that it is more similar to the > definition of "red" than it is to any of the other words in the same > category.
The trouble is that something can look red without reflecting that frequency of light at all. The human vision system is extremely complex. -- John Cowan cowan@ccil.org I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin