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It seems to me that much of the point of the language is to engender a change in the way the speaker thinks and engages with speaking. So a better analogy than
by rosser 11y ago
It seems to me that much of the point of the language is to engender a change in the way the speaker thinks and engages with speaking. So a better analogy than Brainfuck might be functional programming in general. Many people learn a functional language not for purposes of using it in the course of day-to-day software development, but because knowing — really grokking — functional programming makes you a better programmer.
- anigbrowl 11y agoI realize that, but why not just learn another established language? OK, it will take longer because you'll have to master a more complex grammar, vocabulary, and idiom, but on the plus side you'll be able to communicate with millions of people, in many cases. The notion that speaking more than one language improves your overall cognitive ability is already widely accepted.
- rosser 11y agoBecause the simplicity of Toki Puna is the very point of it. Even Einstein said, "If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't understand it yourself." Using such an (admittedly, over-) simplified language would probably go a long way towards helping you approach your speech in such a way that you could explain things with that kind of simplicity of expression.
- anigbrowl 11y agoEinstein is also alleged to have said 'Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.' It's not that I don't think you could communicate in TP, but that I'm not sure what advantage it has over competing approaches. As I mentioned elsewhere, facial expressions and gesture already go a long way towards bridging language gaps, even (or maybe especially) with small children.