Words and communication

[wil]

Isn't it a wonder we can communicate at all?

I mean a number of folks that we encounter don't have English as their first language, so they struggle with nuance and our idioms.

And then there are those that do but between Aussies, Brits and Yanks we've all got the same issues above.

But beyond that we use words like race, cult and fruit different their definitions, and even their definitions have so many choices that we really cannot discuss a darn thing using one word without clarifying what we mean by using it.

[Dogbrain]

Start with Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations.

[nativeastral]

...then read 'men are from mars, women from venus'

[ChestyPuller]

A little evil communicates wonders... just point the weapon at them, slap them around, ban them, give them a black eye to remember you by. Why ask when you have the power to rape? In the absence of words, the actions do communicate the values.

[Snoopy]

Is this a bot, or a non sequitur to demonstrate the OP?

Either way wil, I put your old OP into babelfish and it still made no sense

[bob x]

Yes, i think this is a bot.

[Snoopy]

Originally Posted by bob x

Yes, i think this is a bot.

Hard to tell on this site

[seattlegal]

Originally Posted by Allelyah

There is life that walks around in the area of separation and this is life that is classified as sociopathic and they move with what is a sociopaths saunter experiencing themselves as once removed or as if they are watching themselves from outside like with a TV set. There is only certain life that will ever encounter them for purposes that can be discussed if it is interesting.

This is why I worry about those who partition their mind as a result of certain kinds of meditation. Unity of consciousness within an individual's conscious mind is important.

[Saltmeister]

I think what we need is a Turing Test for bots. Interrogate them. See if they're human. Ask them, "are you a bot?" and if they gave an intelligent answer then they're not.

I have been getting somewhat suspicious of Nick_the_Pilot lately because his recent behaviour has been somewhat bot-like. I think he's on vacation and he has placed an electronically active dummy on his computer desk.

...... it reminds me of that Simpsons episode where Homer puts a head-dipping duck/toy on his desk and makes it repeatedly press the same keys over and over again. The nuclear power plant goes to overload ....... and ....... well Homer finds out in the nick-of-time.

[Saltmeister]

What if nobody on these forums is real and we're all bots created by Brian Turner?

[Saltmeister]

......bots that think they're real people

[Snoopy]

Saltmeister, you said ->

Originally Posted by Saltmeister

I have been getting somewhat suspicious of Nick_the_Pilot lately because his recent behaviour has been somewhat bot-like. I think he's on vacation and he has placed an electronically active dummy on his computer desk.

...... it reminds me of that Simpsons episode where Homer puts a head-dipping duck/toy on his desk and makes it repeatedly press the same keys over and over again. The nuclear power plant goes to overload ....... and ....... well Homer finds out in the nick-of-time.

In the real world, the duck would have been made management.

[Saltmeister]

Originally Posted by Snoopy

Saltmeister, you said ->

In the real world, the duck would have been made management.

What I meant was Saint Nick posting news articles verbatim and not offering much comment on them.

BTW, if you were Saint Nick, you wouldn't have put my words into a boxed quote. It'd be put in bold, italics or a different colour.

[IowaGuy]

Originally Posted by Saltmeister

I have been getting somewhat suspicious of Nick_the_Pilot lately because his recent behaviour has been somewhat bot-like. I think he's on vacation and he has placed an electronically active dummy on his computer desk.

Nick and me/Snoopy/Wil have been having a nice conversation on the Oryoki thread, so Nick is definitely not in "bot mode"...

[bob x]

The bot continues to do what it can continue to do.