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E=ery act is is power in some small way. But the sense relevant to tho=e who write about power Morgenthau, Russell, etc. -- is coercive power.=C2 Like my telling my dog right now that I can't play with her. =div>

How about putting an animal with a human auditory and visual syste= in the same room as a human infant -- a chimp for example. And see =f it can learn speech or sign the way the infant does. Acquisition o= speech and sign are remarkably similar. And we know that even with =uge training efforts, which the infant doesn't

Great t=rm. Can I plagiarize it?

I guess one could say that a I=on and a gazelle have competing powers, but it somehow seems misleading.=C2 All living systems? How about Valeria and I furnishing our apa=tment together (I became an expert on rugs)? Or Morris and I writing=a book together?

Interestingly, I finished off the brisket an= pretty much the corned beef but am saving the pastrami. Great musta=d and bread too. The only problem is that the dog goes berserk unles= I give her little pieces. Must have Jewish genes.

Thinking about it. Keep realizing that I'm not Hilb=rt, and linguistics isn't 20th century math. The exciting proble=s I can think of are either too far from current understanding, or too the=ry-internal for the general significance to be easily perceived.

</7-iv>Meanwhile, ran across a nice definition of "power," thinking =bout an earlier letter that you may have forgotten. From Hans Morgen=hau: Power in the international context is "that untamed and barbaric=force which finds its laws in nothing but its own strength and its sole ju=tifi cation in its own aggrandizement."

five questions =n language. the chomsky challenge. . =C2 50k in prizes. ? use the internet to reach the bri=htest minds ? why not?

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

How about a chall=nge that says put a thing in a room and see if can learn a language .?

= will now credit you with the derivation. Do a new term. - Dubes =AO Data usage based enthusiasts

You had the power to move the furniture she had the power to tell you when =nd where :)

It's your term as I see it Chomsky vs t=e dubes

Living systems need energy hence th=y FEED . Plants vegetables all try to protect themselves . =AO Skin poisons , etc. I believe the best benefit to cost ratio =A0relies on Deception And to know the mind of the predator or prey = language is the tool. It allows a shared understanding of mental o=jects , mental states and mental actions . pa=ient 8 11 16 pos ng.pdf