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On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, And Rosta wrote:
> reply to Nick continued:
> > >There has been disagreement about different sorts of Average or
> > >representativeness -- mean, median, mode, prototypicality. I don't
> > >think there should be different gadri for different sorts of
> > >Average, nor {pe} phrases to specify. Rather, the gadri should
> > >simply presuppose that the referent is arrived at by some process
> > >of averaging and squinting such that the outcome is representative
> > >of the set in some relevant way. If one wants to be more precise
> > >about the exact kind of averaging involved, then one can use
> > >a lujvo whose x2 is lo'i or le'i; the x1 gives the product of
> > >the averaging
> >
> > Obviously you're rejecting my proposal, and I am defensive about it.
> > But why?
>
> Because I think Average does form a natural conceptual class -- the
> imaginary representative member.
The term "average" should be deprecated in favor of the 3 mathematical and
well-defined terms. But if I posted their definitions here, they'd be lost
once more in the riptide, and the wiki is down, so I have created a page
that will provide helpful information for jboske, and reflect whatever
"decisions" we can arrive at.
http://www.thestonecutters.net/xod/lojban/jboske.html
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