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Because 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."
by rosser 11y ago
Because 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.