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|    olcott to Richard Damon    |
|    Re: A new category of thought    |
|    08 Dec 25 12:47:20    |
      XPost: sci.math, comp.theory       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 12/8/2025 6:40 AM, Richard Damon wrote:       > On 12/7/25 10:26 PM, olcott wrote:       >> 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.       >>       >       > No you don't, as you have shown by not being able to handle the       > statement I gave you.       >              It was your error of insufficiently specifying       which of many sense meanings that you intended.              It was not inherently ambiguity it is lack of       sufficient specification.              --       Copyright 2025 Olcott |
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