Re: [Corpora-List] QM analogy and grammatical incompleteness

From: John F. Sowa (sowa@bestweb.net)
Date: Tue Dec 20 2005 - 05:29:16 MET

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    Rob,

    All analogies break down eventually unless there is
    a common mathematical equation or other structure
    that applies to both domains:

    > Where does the QM analogy with grammar break down?

    For starters, Schrödinger's equation, Planck's constant,
    the operators for conjugate pairs, such as position-momentum,
    time-energy, etc., and most other mathematical principles
    of quantum mechanics do not have counterparts in the
    grammar of any natural language.

    Therefore, it is highly unlikely that all or even many
    of the features of QM have exact or even approximate
    counterparts in English grammar.

    John

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