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in New Horizons Chomsky writes a bit about cases like this. IIRC a person raised like this has never been reintegrated and per Chomsky it's not really possible

by gfody 10y ago

in New Horizons Chomsky writes a bit about cases like this. IIRC a person raised like this has never been reintegrated and per Chomsky it's not really possible because the person will have developed a kind of consciousness that is fundamentally different from what we consider a 'normal' consciousness. Here's a video of him talking about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-30ZCHk1Ydk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-30ZCHk1Ydk

Tagore 10y ago
I think it's pretty clear at this point that citing Chomsky in cases like this is like citing Velikovsky when discussing celestial mechanics. Wrong and inapposite.
- gfody 10y ago
  you're probably right - somebody start teaching this girl english, she'll be fine! what's the father of cognitive science and modern linguistics know about anything?
  - Tagore 10y ago
    Who's 'she'? Anyway, I think you ought to rethink your claim that Chomsky is the father of cognitive science and of modern linguistics.
    - x0137294744532 10y ago
      > Who's 'she'? The feral girl. > Anyway, I think you ought to rethink your claim that Chomsky is the father of cognitive science and of modern linguistics. He is one of the founders of cognitive science, and a major contributor to linguistics. So his claim is factually true.
  - qb45 10y ago
    > what's the father of cognitive science and modern linguistics know about anything? If he hasn't observed at least a dozen such children trying to learn language for a dozen years then he doesn't even know what are the things he doesn't know. And guess what, I watched your video and even Chomsky admits that he only heard about few cases of feral children of which the one he talked about in detail means little because the girl was severely mistreated by parents in addition to growing up in isolation. And then he talked some more about other people inventing their own languages, but not living in complete social isolation.

by gfody 10y ago

Tagore 10y ago

I think it's pretty clear at this point that citing Chomsky in cases like this is like citing Velikovsky when discussing celestial mechanics. Wrong and inapposite.

gfody 10y ago
you're probably right - somebody start teaching this girl english, she'll be fine! what's the father of cognitive science and modern linguistics know about anything?
- Tagore 10y ago
  Who's 'she'? Anyway, I think you ought to rethink your claim that Chomsky is the father of cognitive science and of modern linguistics.
  - x0137294744532 10y ago
    > Who's 'she'? The feral girl. > Anyway, I think you ought to rethink your claim that Chomsky is the father of cognitive science and of modern linguistics. He is one of the founders of cognitive science, and a major contributor to linguistics. So his claim is factually true.
- qb45 10y ago
  > what's the father of cognitive science and modern linguistics know about anything? If he hasn't observed at least a dozen such children trying to learn language for a dozen years then he doesn't even know what are the things he doesn't know. And guess what, I watched your video and even Chomsky admits that he only heard about few cases of feral children of which the one he talked about in detail means little because the girl was severely mistreated by parents in addition to growing up in isolation. And then he talked some more about other people inventing their own languages, but not living in complete social isolation.