# Natural language

`kaal:entity:natural-language`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 3 claims that carry the concept tag `natural-language`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

3 claims across 2 works, 2019 to 2019.

**2019**

- [3405401-010](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3405401-010) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Smart contracting cannot ensure the flexibility in interpreting intent that human interaction requires, because smart contract code does not follow the same logic on similar terms as natural human language.
  > Human interaction requires flexibility in interpreting intent that cannot be ensured by smart contracting because smart contract code does not follow the same logic on similar terms as natural human language.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralized Commerce – A Primer on Why Decentralized Reputation Verification Systems Are Needed (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3405401
- [3441904-013](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-013) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- Unlike corporate governance systems, the decentralized nexus of incomplete smart contracts has no supply of majoritarian default rules to fill its gaps, and corporate law's default rules are largely incompatible because they are based on natural language.
  > Unlike existing corporate governance systems, however, the decentralized nexus of incomplete smart contracts does not have a supply of majoritarian default rules that could fill incomplete code-based smart contracts.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain-Based Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3441904
- [3441904-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3441904-031) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The cost of translating coded contractual intent into natural language has the potential to become overwhelming for the existing centralized legal infrastructure, because coded intent may be unclear and natural language intent often cannot be used for interpretation.
  > Coded contractual intent may be unclear and natural language intent can often not be used for interpretation.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Blockchain-Based Corporate Governance (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3441904

## Verify

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