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To: Cogito Ergo Sum who wrote (86235)1/23/2012 10:26:36 AM
From: Joseph Silent1 Recommendation  Read Replies (3) of 217973
 
The purpose of language is to communicate information. The word information is

derived from Latin ("give form to") and conventionally involves the transmission of knowledge (facts, subjects, events) through symbols, sounds, structure, etc. It is not simple to relate information to meaning through value. These are difficult subjects even though we all have a general and subjective understanding of relationships.

In communication, language can be used and abused. DVDW has to decide which of these two he wants to spend his time doing because the result affects communication. Simplicity has value because it maximizes understanding with low time and low effort. Just consider how excited you or I or DVDW would be to walk a mile uphill to fetch an empty cup of coffee.

My recommendation is for one to take difficult subjects he/she knows (math, physics, economics, programming) and explain in simple language to their grandmother or mother ..... someone intelligent who has not had the money or the good fortune to be exposed to higher education ..... and in this process you will very quickly learn for yourself just how much you know about anything you talk about. This is as good an exercise for DVDW as it is for me.
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