[ExI] Free will was: Everett worlds

[William Flynn Wallace]

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.

John K Clark

In everyday conversation, I agree with you. (although general semanticists
argue that real transmission of ideas is way less than 100% even there)
But get a bit more complicated and nuanced and toss in some college level
words, and most people are lost hopelessly.   bill w

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 1:50 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:
>
> > There is nothing more important than the definition of words, because
>> without precise ones we cannot communicate.
>
>
> 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.
>
> John K Clark
>
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