tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822092.post7382009108376463616..comments2023-10-21T04:29:35.843-07:00Comments on In The End, Nothing Happened: Recent progress in computer-aided language learningUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822092.post-74479310794121909122010-10-13T09:45:19.259-07:002010-10-13T09:45:19.259-07:00Now it is a factoid that factoid means "factl...Now it is a factoid that factoid means "factlet separate from relevant context." :)Simohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899306922236159202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822092.post-65166655194270724952010-10-13T09:30:55.689-07:002010-10-13T09:30:55.689-07:00The latter meaning is ascribed to the word only be...The latter meaning is ascribed to the word only because so many people have misunderstood the word exactly in that manner.Markkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459969689345560778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822092.post-20977214370369969152010-10-13T07:58:44.976-07:002010-10-13T07:58:44.976-07:00I wasn't aware that the word factoid has two c...I wasn't aware that the word factoid has two contradictory meanings: the original meaning you give, and the later meaning which Wikipedia mentions:<br /><br />"A factoid is a questionable or spurious—unverified, incorrect, or fabricated—statement presented as a fact, but with no veracity. <i>The word can also be used to describe a particularly insignificant or novel fact, in the absence of much relevant context.</i>"<br /><br />Clearly a lousy word for any purpose.Simohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899306922236159202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822092.post-503428933420635352010-10-13T00:53:20.593-07:002010-10-13T00:53:20.593-07:00I'm in the middle of reading your post, so I d...I'm in the middle of reading your post, so I don't have anything more substantial to say, yet, but one thing stuck out from your text. You write:<br /><br /><i>a factoid like "the circumference of earth is 44000km"</i><br /><br />A factoid is a fact-like item not really a fact. Analogously, an android is not quite an <i>andros</i>, a man.Markkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459969689345560778noreply@blogger.com