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Jobb Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Arithmetic
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Most likely, the arithmetic module is in progress of evolution. That is, it has begun being in embryo. But the language module in human brain might have been obvious.
What I meant is that people in the pics of Pyongyang United Market, for whom you pay much sympathy, have a better life condition than that of the poor in China.
Most likely, the arithmetic module is in progress of evolution. That is, it has begun being in embryo. But the language module in human brain might have been obvious.
What I meant is that people in the pics of Pyongyang United Market, for whom you pay much sympathy, have a better life condition than that of the poor in China.
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Most likely, the arithmetic module is evolving; that is, it began as an embryo. But the language module in the human brain may have been obvious from the start. [Sorry, I don't understand what you are saying here, Jobb-- the a.
- Most likely, the arithmetic module is evolving; that is, it began as an embryo.
- But the language module in the human brain may have been obvious from the start.
- [Sorry, I don't understand what you are saying here, Jobb-- the a.
- module is developing/has developed gradually and the l.
- ] What I meant is that the people in the pictures of Pyongyang United Market, for whom you evince much sympathy, enjoy better living conditions than do the poor in China.
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Most likely, the arithmetic module is evolving; that is, it began as an embryo. But the language module in the human brain may have been obvious from the start. [Sorry, I don't understand what you are saying here, Jobb-- the a. module is developing/has developed gradually and the l. module appeared full-blown?]
What I meant is that the people in the pictures of Pyongyang United Market,
What I meant is that the people in the pictures of Pyongyang United Market,
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Hello Jobb
I'm not quite sure of your meaning, so this is a wild guess:
'Probably the arithmetic module is in the process of evolving. In other words, it's still embryonic. But the language module in the human brain is fully developed.'
As I say, a wild guess. I'm taking your 'obvious' for 'manifest'.
MrP
I'm not quite sure of your meaning, so this is a wild guess:
'Probably the arithmetic module is in the process of evolving. In other words, it's still embryonic. But the language module in the human brain is fully developed.'
As I say, a wild guess. I'm taking your 'obvious' for 'manifest'.
MrP
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I meant "arithmetic module" is an embryo in its early stage in womb, while "language module" might have been a baby.
So my rewritting, after taking a reference from MM's, is:
Most likely, the arithmetic module is evolving; that is, it began as an embryo in its early stage in womb. But the language module in the human brain may have been a baby.
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So my rewritting, after taking a reference from MM's, is:
Most likely, the arithmetic module is evolving; that is, it began as an embryo in its early stage in womb. But the language module in the human brain may have been a baby.
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Sorry, I'm still stuck about what you want to say, Jobb. Without the metaphor, please tell me the difference you want to suggest between a-module and l-module. And then we will rebuild your metaphor from there.
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From Prof. Calvin's How Brains Think:
How much of language is innate in humans? Certainly the drive to learn new words via imitation is probably innate in a way that a drive to learn arithmetic is not. Other animals learn gestures by imitation, but preschool children seem to average ten new words every day — a feat that puts them in a whole different class of imitators. And they
How much of language is innate in humans? Certainly the drive to learn new words via imitation is probably innate in a way that a drive to learn arithmetic is not. Other animals learn gestures by imitation, but preschool children seem to average ten new words every day — a feat that puts them in a whole different class of imitators. And they
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Aha! Well, actually, I'm not sure that you can work that 'gestation' metaphor neatly into this idea, because it seems to me from the passage that while the a-module may be 'in its infancy', the l-module is 'matured' (hence not a baby in any sense). Here is my effort, but I am not particularly proud of it:
'Most likely, the arithmetic module of the human brain is still an evolutionary e
'Most likely, the arithmetic module of the human brain is still an evolutionary e
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