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I am pretty sure if you look hard enough, you can find errors in almost every text. Communication requires a minimum of goodwill on part of the listener.

Reminds me of one of my favorite characters, Till Eulenspiegel. His alleged favorite pastime was to misinterpret directions people gave him (because language is ambiguous).

Perhaps science should be written in Lojban? Haven't looked into it, but it seems to be designed to be unambiguous.



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