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   Message 261,746 of 262,912   
   olcott to Richard Damon   
   Re: A new category of thought   
   07 Dec 25 07:37:24   
   
   XPost: sci.math, comp.theory   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/7/2025 6:32 AM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   > On 12/6/25 10:50 PM, polcott wrote:   
   >> On 12/6/2025 9:16 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   >>> On 12/6/25 4:01 AM, Mikko wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> There are two kinds of dictionaries. One kind is dictionaries that   
   >>>> define words of one language in terms of words of another language.   
   >>>> There is no circularity there. The other kind describes the meanings   
   >>>> of wirds in terms of words of the same language. They are circular   
   >>>> and the descriptions are often incomplete or inexact. Dictionaries   
   >>>> of this kind are indeed useless to readers who don't already know   
   >>>> the meanings of most of the words from other sources.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> This is where Peter just falls apart, as he doesn't understand how   
   >>> formal langagues work.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> No. It is that you don't understand how   
   >> Montague Grammar or Knowledge Ontologies work.   
   >> Thankfully LLM systems know all about these things.   
   >>   
   >   
   > No, it is you who doesn't know what he is saying and shows he is just a   
   > liar.   
   >   
      
   If that was true you could show that with reasoning.   
   By not showing the reasoning you show that is not true.   
      
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