On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 08:19:22PM +0100, tijlan wrote: > My knowledge of computer science and its academy is pretty limited, so > my question might sound silly. Why is it that Lojban (it seems) has > little involvement from such institutions as MIT?
In short, because constructed languages are considered frivolous by the academic establishment, and therefore unworthy of study. See: http://dedalvs.free.fr/notes/manifesto.php In general, about the silliness taboo in academia: http://www.overcomingbias.com/2008/04/arbitrary-silli.html -- Arnt Richard Johansen http://arj.nvg.org/ Read This Before Opening Package: According to Certain Suggested Versions of a Grand Unified Theory, the Primary Particles Constituting This Product May Decay to Nothingness Within the Next Four Hundred Million Years. --Susan Hewitt and Edward Subitzky
