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People are misunderstanding "trivial". Here what they proved is that there is no way to encode any of the English pronunciation rules as a function purely of co
by judk 11y ago
People are misunderstanding "trivial". Here what they proved is that there is no way to encode any of the English pronunciation rules as a function purely of context-free spelling of phonemes in a way that is consistent across the language. The data shows that all spellings must yield identical pronunciations, unless English JS inconsistent and/or context senstive. Obviously, the latter is true.
- dahart 11y agoWhich people? The writers or the readers? 'Cause the context-free interpretation of the headline suggests the writers intended to make the content of an article that fits the definition of trivial sound profound and mathematical in a way that it isn't.
- gohrt 11y agoThe headline is gimmicky wordplay, like most headlines. "trivial" is mathematical. The headline makes "trivial" sound non-mathematical. Profundity is nowhere to be be found; the article is about triviality.