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> Infants who can barely see already knows things like inertia and persistence of invisible objects No, they do not. Object permanence is a good example of how
by Udo 15y ago
> Infants who can barely see already knows things like inertia and persistence of invisible objects
No, they do not. Object permanence is a good example of how even fundamental principles about reality are learned. In this case, it happens when a child is about a year old:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence
It's quite possible that if you dropped a newborn into a simulated reality that has completely different rules from our world, this child would learn the "fake" rules without knowing the difference.
- gwern 15y agoA year old? Try 3 months old: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence#Contradicting_Evidence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_permanence#Contradicting... And in the vein of hardwired preferences, notice the mention in the later section of that article of 7 minute old babies preferring faces - unless you want to suggest that unbiased algorithms would learn the importance of faces in that little time?