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Re: Comments on negation (minor nit)
- To: Jussi-Ville Heiskanen (There can be only ONE!!!) <jvh@clinet.fi>
- Subject: Re: Comments on negation (minor nit)
- From: cbmvax!uunet!math.ucla.edu!jimc
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 90 09:27:12 -0700
- Cc: snark!lojban-list
- In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 11 Jul 90 17:41:44 +0700." <9007111441.AA10726@clinet.FI>
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> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 90 17:41:44 EET
> To: jimc
> From: Jussi-Ville Heiskanen (There can be only ONE!!!) <jvh@clinet.fi>
> Subject: Re: Comments on negation (minor nit)
> As a minor nit, one could look at fresh/rotten also on the following
> scale:
>
> Undone/raw ---- Fresh/ripe ---- Spoiled/rotten
That's a neat insight that I hadn't thought of before. I wonder if
unsigned scales are an illusion -- if you can come up with a believable
interpretation of the negative side of any scale. Several times I have
decided certain scales were unsigned and then hit an interpretation of
the negative side.
-- jimc