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Invent Yourself scripsit: > If lo'e is objective though, there must be an algorithm which we can apply > to derive it. Such as, if not "inspect every 'Lion' and thusly compute an > average", then "interview every member of your culture and compile a list > of the features which a majority of respondents believe are > characteristic"; in other words, an aggregate stereotype. Or "Ask a broda-ologist what the properties of lo'e broda are", or any number of other techniques. -- John Cowan jcowan@hidden.email www.ccil.org/~cowan www.reutershealth.com "If I have seen farther than others, it is because I am surrounded by dwarves." --Murray Gell-Mann