On ''what there is''


The question looks ''philosophical'' in the sense of ''what exist?''. In the old terminology ''ontology question''.
The modern formulation (by Quine) is: ''what are the values of your variables''? In our hobby ''what are
the new available components''?  Can one person know what are available components? Obviously not
but we have ''collective knowledge''. Each contribution is welcome. Like in science. But like in science there
are individuals with special contributions. Raul with his MM contributions and his ''successor'' chakster
with his contributions about ''both kinds'': MC's and MM's. Despite his ''modest means''. I think we should
be thankful to have such individuals.
128x128nandric
Not to be prosaic or anything, but languages constantly evolve. Differing dialects evolve among different groups of speakers. When enough changes happen and these various dialects become unintelligible to the other, the new dialects are now officially different languages. There's no right or wrong here. One language is not better or more pure than the other. Think of Latin. Think of Latin's descendants French and Italian. Think of Modern German and Modern English.
The evolution of language does not contradict the existence of these 2 levels but is a consequence of it .....


Where is Chauncey the gardener when we need him?
@steamerdude

Rather than contribute… I think that he prefers to watch?

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