I think Falco is having a problem grasping the complexity of your education, Kai.
So I've made a book, Kai for Idiots. Falco: He is referring to every brain on the planet. You don't own any of them. Population = 6 Billion Funds = 6 Billion. The wording in your sentence, says brain you don't have. There are 6 billion brains I don't possess. There are 6 million brains he doesn't possess. kthxbai. |
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Are you saying it isn't possible to explain a sentence? Again, you don't look at other definitions of a word, so you mess up. Quote:
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I like how what falco thinks he's saying is different from what he is actually saying.
Dude, seriously, verbal articulation is a large part of communication. What you think you are saying may not be the same as what others think you are saying. What they think you are saying is the defining factor in communication, is it not? So I really do not see why you would venture to stand by your obviously misinterpreted (by way of intended meaning) phrase anyway. P.S. How many <insert random object here> don't you have? <- how would you interpret this? It has no implied meaning, therefore the answer can only be the number of how many of that object is in existance. Not some arbitrary number of how many you would normally have (which is incorrect anyway since you still don't have any of the other existing objects). |
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If we wanted to work from dictionary definitions alone then we could quite easily argue that the word 'human' is equivalent to 'penguin', just by following a chain of approximations. But that's not how language is supposed to be used. Quote:
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There is precisely one brain that you do not own. This is patently false. There are over six billion. Quote:
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First of all, as for the third party arguers, i have easily argued those points in other posts, don't waste my time. Now for Kai:
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In the category of just you, You're missing one brain. which in turn means: You Don't have a brain. Quote:
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Look, a sentence is not an atom. It is a string of irreducible lexigraphical symbols, the definitions of which determine the meaning of the whole. A sentence's meaning is derived purely from its composition; it cannot be imbued through some definitive process. Quote:
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Kaimetsu. Why do you go into a bunch of threads and start arguments?
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I agree, arguments=fun. Especially since this most likely won't end until one of us gets tired of it or a mod closes it.
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Secondly, you are not being judged relative to others of your age group. You are being judged relative to a hypothetical competent wordsmith - one that can confidently use and understand a relatively wide range of language without error. Quote:
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Point: If you cannot make any chain of logical relations between the original subject and the one you're discussing, it can be said that you are deviating from relevance. I hereby make the challenge. |
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It is also worth noting, falco of the many numbers, that you should not accuse Kai of 'pulling a Lance'. Unless, of course, 'pulling a Lance' means 'using logic', in which case I feel fairly awesome. |
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are the one who talked about how what you said was flexible: Quote:
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Secondly, if being compared to saiud wordmith, I still am not so low as to be criticized. My range of the english langauge is above average (for EVERYONE), and my usage very rarely contains any errors (unless you count spelling for quick typing, hehe). Quote:
"If I had a dollar for every brain you didn't have, I'd have one dollar" becomes equal or acceptebly similar in this way: First: didn't have: based on earlier definitions and argument it can be turned into "(In the category of just you) you don't own", making the insult "If I had a dollar for every brain (in the category of just you) that you don't own, I would have one dollar." By taking the if I had a dollar.....I'd have one dollar, it makes the if statement true, making the insult: "(In the category of just you) you don't own one brain", which taking parentheses out and replacing with a comma afterwards makes it: "In the category of just you, you don't own one brain" Therefore, my insult makes sense if it's looked at the correct way. Quote:
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