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etracher
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Message 9 of 29

22 March 2011 at 10:02pm | IP Logged

Woodpecker wrote:

"I don't understand, mama, what is his attitude towards Pierre?" asked the son.

Is it Tolstoy?
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Message 10 of 29

22 March 2011 at 10:09pm | IP Logged

Sound like War and Peace.
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etracher
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Message 11 of 29

22 March 2011 at 10:12pm | IP Logged

LazyLinguist wrote:

Sound like War and Peace.

Exactly what I was thinking.
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Sprachprofi
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Message 12 of 29

22 March 2011 at 10:14pm | IP Logged

etracher wrote:

Sprachprofi wrote:

"Se la forma originaria non è lingua, bensì matrice universale delle lingue, ecco che
ne risulta confermata la stessa mutevolezza storica dell'ebraico, ma anche la speranza
che quella forma originaria possa essere ritrovata e fatta nuovamente fruttare (in modi
diversi, ovviamente, per Dante e per Abulafia)."

The first one I must admit I don't know. The second one is, if I remember correctly
Umberto Eco, La ricerca della lingua perfetta nella cultura europea, correct?

Sì. The first is from a book that is not meant to be read cover to cover.
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etracher
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Message 13 of 29

22 March 2011 at 10:25pm | IP Logged

LazyLinguist wrote:

"My argument suggested that when a cow moos to another, a human listener does not
genuinely understand what is happening, therefore, by Penrose's own argument, humans are
not as genuinely intelligent as cows."

That must be the weirdest one possible.

This is definitely weird. I know I have read something like this before, but I can't place it. Perhaps I saw something about Penrose and cows on a website about AI?
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Message 14 of 29

22 March 2011 at 10:29pm | IP Logged

"But the darkness had disarmed him of his most formidable weapon, his ugliness."
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Message 15 of 29

22 March 2011 at 11:52pm | IP Logged

"Sie mußte im Dorf bei seinem Onkel-Hause bleiben."

Hmm... that sentence could come from any of about a thousand books. I'll add the next one to make it easier:

"Sie stieg auf den Apfelbaum, um dagegen zu protestieren, daß ihr Mann auf eine große Reise, wo man nie weiß, ob er wieder zurückkommen kann, alleine ging."

Well, it's still not exactly "easy." Oh well. :/
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23 March 2011 at 12:10am | IP Logged

etracher wrote:

"It isn't absurd, e.g., to believe that the age of science and technology is the beginning of the end for humanity; that the idea of great progress is a delusion, along with the idea that the truth will ultimately be known; that there is nothing good or desirable about scientific knowledge and that mankind, in seeking it, is falling into a trap."

I'm sure I've seen this quote before... Ludwig Wittgenstein?

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