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Thinking about it. Keep realizing tha= I'm not Hilbert, and linguistics isn't 20th century math. T=e exciting problems I can think of are either too far from current underst=nding, or too theory-internal for the general significance to be easily pe=ceived.

Meanwhile, ran across a nice definition of "powe=," thinking about an earlier letter that you may have forgotten. =AO From Hans Morgenthau: Power in the international context is "that =ntamed and barbaric force which finds its laws in nothing but its own stre=gth and its sole justifi cation in its own aggrandizement."

Every act is is power in some small way. But the sense r=levant to those who write about power Morgenthau, Russell, etc. -- is c=ercive power. Like my telling my dog right now that I can't play=with her.

How about putting an animal with a human auditory an= visual system in the same room as a human infant -- a chimp for example.=C2 And see if it can learn speech or sign the way the infant does. =AO Acquisition of speech and sign are remarkably similar. And we kno= that even with huge training efforts, which the infant doesn't data-processing need a= all, usage-based results for the enthusiasts= chimp will be zero. But interestingly, the fac=s as usual have no interest to the

Great term. Can I plagiarize it?

I guess one co=ld say that a lion and a gazelle have competing powers, but it somehow see=s misleading. All living systems? How about Valeria and I furn=shing our apartment together (I became an expert on rugs)? Or Morris=and I writing a book together?

Interestingly, I finished off =he brisket and pretty much the corned beef but am saving the pastrami. =AO Great mustard and bread too. The only problem is that the dog goe= berserk unless I give her little pieces. Must have Jewish genes.

f=ve questions in language. the chomsky challenge.=C2 . 50k in prizes. ? use the inter=et to reach the brightest minds ? why not?

Eve= if far it could act as a North Star . , power has many properties =C2 those might me some . Is the ability to care for many Power?=C2 Is the ability to find new medicines power .

How about a challenge that says put a thing in a room and see if can lea=n a language .?

I will now credit you with the derivation. Do a new to=m. - Dubes Data usage based enthusiasts

Lion over gazelle , gazelle over another animal , maybe it's gaze=les all the way down