[Corpora-List] What is corpora and what is not?

[Alexander Yeh]

Laurence Anthony wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Alexander Yeh <asy at mitre.org> wrote:
>
>> But then everybody can have their own definition, and then no common
>> definition exists.
>>
>
> True. But, the power of science is derived from the fact that we
> *don't* all have our own definitions. By using commonly agreed on
> terms,

I just remembered an example of different people having different 
definitions of a live human or not: currently, different people have 
opinions on whether a fertilized human egg or human fetus is a living 
human or not (or somewhere in between), which is part leads to different 
views and laws on birth control and abortion, depending on who you talk 
to and/or where you are in the world.


> we can communicate with each other with less ambiguity. It also
> allows us to do research and compare results. Without commonly agreed
> on terms, we cannot build knowledge.
>
> Laurence.
>



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