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xod: > On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, And Rosta wrote: > > xod: > > > > > 1. Because the car is blue 90% of the time, as it's constantly > > flickering > > > > > colors? > > > > > > > > > > 2. Because we've never seen the car but we're 90% certain it's blue? > > > > > > > > > > 3. Because 90% of its surface is blue? > > > > > > > > > > 4. Because its color is objectively 90% blue? > > > > > > > > > > 5.Because 90% of survey respondents called it blue? [...] > > > It seems to me that this allows my original usage: that "jei by. clani" > > is > > > related to B's height > > > > I think you and me are on the same side on this one, but two > > people of different heights can yield the same value for jei X clani > > To gauge the value of both ni clani and jei clani, you can measure > > the height, but different values of ni can correspond to the same > > value of jei > > Tell me how, referring to the 5 sentences above? Those are cases where different ni give different jei. I think "the leopard is running" (i.e. fast) and "the toddler is running" (i.e. slow) have different ni -- the former is truer than the latter -- but the same jei -- they are both true. Likewise for "Illinois is in the USA" and "Hawaii is in the USA". --And.