This is hardly a list of natural language shortcomings, but it provides a (slightly amusing) example of natural language problems within a bad-argument context:
http://atheistwiki.wikispaces.com/Why+you+can%27t+win+an+argument+about+what+the+Bible+says -- Olie On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Mike Tintner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Steve: I finally gave up on having Dr. Eliza answer questions, because > the "round trip error rate" seemed to be inescapably high. This is the > product of: > > ....... > > x.5 English's shortcomings in providing a platform to accurately state the > knowledge, question, or answer. > > Steve, > > I wonder whether you'd like to outline an additional list of > "English/language's shortcomings" here. I've just been reading Gary Marcus' > Kluge - he has a whole chapter on language's shortcomings, and it would be > v. interesting to compare and analyse. > ------------------------------ > *agi* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;>Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- agi Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/ Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=8660244&id_secret=120640061-aded06 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
