[ExI] Free will was: Everett worlds

Dan TheBookMan danust2012 at gmail.com
Sun Sep 13 19:36:23 UTC 2020


On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 6:50 PM John Clark via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 11:44 AM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> > There is nothing more important than the definition of words, because without precise ones we cannot communicate.
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> Nonsense! Children don't learn to speak from definitions, and  where do you think lexicographers got the information to write the definitions in their Dictionary? There is only one place they could have gotten it, from examples. Most people don't have a dictionary in their house and haven't used one since their fifth grade teacher made them, but they nevertheless manage to communicate just fine.
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> John K Clark

I would add too that lexicographers are going by usage, thus
definitions for words can change over time or from one lexicographer
to the next. Stipulative definitions are a different story, though
there the problem then becomes does the term and the intended use
catch on. Typically, outside of small circles (or scholars,
scientists, technicians, or some clique), any term with a stipulated
definition will stray from that definition as it spreads.

Regards,

Dan
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