i think there’s a relevant sense of natural vs artificial by which Esperanto is artificial but English is natural: the latter arose from the interaction of a large number of parts each ‘thinking’ locally, without an intelligently designed plan for the whole. (Our hosts don’t like the E word but it seems warranted here.)
I dunno about termite mounds or beehives, but humanity doesn’t sound artificial to me in that sense.
Sure, in that sense of the word I agree. I’d say termite mounds and beehives are natural in that sense, as well. So is the pattern of graffiti on New York buildings.
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i think there’s a relevant sense of natural vs artificial by which Esperanto is artificial but English is natural: the latter arose from the interaction of a large number of parts each ‘thinking’ locally, without an intelligently designed plan for the whole. (Our hosts don’t like the E word but it seems warranted here.)
I dunno about termite mounds or beehives, but humanity doesn’t sound artificial to me in that sense.
Sure, in that sense of the word I agree. I’d say termite mounds and beehives are natural in that sense, as well. So is the pattern of graffiti on New York buildings.