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vzaliva
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Human brains are preconfigured with instructions f...
So basically the brain has "firmware" we're born with, as well as the "software" we install as we grow.
Sounds a bit like Chomsky's Universal Grammar.
AnimalMuppet
8 days ago
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> Sounds a bit like Chomsky's Universal Grammar.
Yes, except with things in it instead of words.
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why-el
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Chomsky never argued it was words (and how couldn't it be words, for there are millions of words from 100s of 1000s of languages), just a configuration to eventually learn those words.
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Sounds a bit like Chomsky's Universal Grammar.