Re: Related languages (Re: A China-Sumer connection)

From: António Marques (m.ap_at_sapo.pt)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:22:19 +0000

phippsmartin@hotmail.com scrived:

> Of course, there's also the problem that the behaviour of people is
> less predictable than that of stars and planets. That's frustrating
> for someone from the physical sciences. I want to know WHY languages
> have changed. I don't like the idea that things happen at random.
> It's not part of my mindset.

Aside from quantum flucutation, which I think accounts for very little,
things don't happen at random. We just haven't developed models that can
encompass their kind of change. 

-- 
António Marques
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for you are crunchy and good
with ketchup.
  -- Aleister Crowley

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