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|    olcott to Richard Damon    |
|    Re: A new category of thought    |
|    07 Dec 25 21:26:43    |
      XPost: sci.math, comp.theory       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 12/7/2025 8:50 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       > On 12/7/25 6:15 PM, polcott wrote:       >> On 12/7/2025 4:55 PM, Richard Damon wrote:       >>> On 12/7/25 8:37 AM, olcott wrote:       >>>> 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.       >>>>       >>>       >>> You have ADMITED that you retain the right to change the meaning of       >>> word.       >>>       >>> DENY THAT IF YOU WANT.       >>>       >>> If you can change the meaning of words, then semantics are worthless,       >>> as meaning is broken,.       >>>       >>> Sorry, but you are just showing that you don't understand what you       >>> are talking about.       >>>       >>> I will note aas proof: a part you snipped said:       >>>       >>> >> I will issue you a challenge here, and failure to reply will be       >>> an admission that you know you are just a stupid liar.       >>>       >>> >> Show how the Montegue Grammer can unambigously represent the       >>> meaning of the following sentence:       >>>       >>> >> She showed she was a big girl.       >>>       >>       >> When you begin a reply with anything besides       >> reasoning I will always ignore the rest.       >       > So, what did I say that WASN'T "Reasoning"       >       >>       >> My system (like the Cyc project) has a unique       >> GUID for each unique sense meaning of every word.       >       > Can't, because there are not finitely enumerable.       >       > As I asked, show the full set of UUIDs for the word "big"       >       >>       >> I must first know your intended sense meanings.       >> showed: seems to mean demonstrated       >       > That isn't how it works.       >       >>       >> big girl: seems to mean something like       >> average maturity for a 10 year old girl       >       > Thats ONE meaning. That is your problem, you don't understand the       > complexity of Natural Language.       >              I understand how to eliminate ambiguity by       mathematically formalizing the body of       general knowledge as relations between GUID's.              --       Copyright 2025 Olcott |
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