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Perhaps they should take the time to make a few distinctions in this interview: 1. Perceptions 2. Constructs 3. Language For a creature that doesn't have sigh
by inputcoffee 10y ago
Perhaps they should take the time to make a few distinctions in this interview:
1. Perceptions
2. Constructs
3. Language
For a creature that doesn't have sight at all, they literally can't talk about certain concepts.
Now, does the creature distinguish between objects and actions? If they do, they have a basis to distinguish between Nouns and Verbs.
Finally, humans might be hard wired for some aspects of language. It would be a huge coincidence if aliens had the same hard wiring. (For instance, they could have evolved to give their children negative evidence, rather than pre-constrain grammars.)
- mannykannot 10y agoIt would indeed be a huge coincidence if humans and an extraterrestrial species had the same hard-wiring for language, but I would think it far less of a coincidence if they both had hard-wiring that was functionally broadly similar.
- naasking 10y ago> For a creature that doesn't have sight at all, they literally can't talk about certain concepts. Any intelligent species will create instruments for measurement in non-sensory regimes, so they can certainly explore those regimes. And if you're talking about some kind of qualitative experience, it's conjecture that such experiences aren't reducible to some kind of complex third-person account.