1401 points alankay | 2 comments | 20 Jun 16 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

This request originated via recent discussions on HN, and the forming of HARC! at YC Research. I'll be around for most of the day today (though the early evening).

1. alehander42 ◴[20 Jun 16 18:50 UTC] No.11940289[source]▶

>>11939851 (OP) #

Do you think artificial human languages designed with strong logical rules (Lojban..) can be succesful?

Do you think they can act in a-la Newspeak(the 1984 Newspeak) way?

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2. alankay1 ◴[21 Jun 16 15:17 UTC] No.11946267[source]▶

>>11940289 (TP) #

I was really into this stuff 40-50 years ago. It's still an interesting area to ponder.

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Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today