tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Sat May 09 23:07:27 1998
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Re: ...beings capable of using language...
- From: TPO <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: ...beings capable of using language...
- Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 02:07:59 -0400
Nathan wrote:
>>Qermaq wrote:
>>...
>> BEING: The language-use-capable subject must be a 'being'. This is rather
>> trivial at this point; in fact, most would agree that an entity which is
>> capable of using a language as I have defined it would be fairly referred to
>> as a 'being'.
>>
>
>This is interesting.., no one has emphasised this word before, and it
>may make a difference...surely no one would accuse a robot or a
>computer of fullfilling the requirements for the word 'being'. Would
>(for example,) Data be considered a being??? I feel that we should
>examine this word....
hmm, This IS interesting. I drew attention to "being" a few days ago. :P
DloraH