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And Rosta scripsit: > Is absolutely EVERY jboskeist now having a long dark night of the > lojbo soul? By no means. I am nowhere near despair. But we all (being reasonable persons and not fanatics) are trapped by Quine's Paradox: namely, to believe p is to believe that p is true, so I believe that each of my beliefs is true. Yet I also believe that some of my beliefs (I know not which) will turn out to be false if and when tested. (I *believe* I left my glasses in my bedroom today, but beliefs of this sort have turned out to be false often enough...) So: I believe that each of my beliefs is true; I believe that some of my beliefs are false. Saith Quine: "I for one had hoped for better from reasonable persons." -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan jcowan@hidden.email To say that Bilbo's breath was taken away is no description at all. There are no words left to express his staggerment, since Men changed the language that they learned of elves in the days when all the world was wonderful. --The Hobbit