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Is the brain not a physical thing? Do you believe that all human brains are physically and functionally equivalent such that one brain should be able to learn t
by jeramey 5y ago
Is the brain not a physical thing? Do you believe that all human brains are physically and functionally equivalent such that one brain should be able to learn to do anything that another can?
What about those people in this world with genetic abnormalities that affect brain function? Would you expect someone with Prader-Willi syndrome to be able to become competent at mathematics if they only worked hard enough at it? At what point does “hard enough” become “virtually impossible” or even “definitely impossible”?
- idealmedtech 5y agoWhile I feel your point is incredibly pedantic, perhaps I should have qualified with some form of "at least X% of people that do not have rare genetic disorders can learn math, X >> 50". However, I think such statements are usually implicit when talking in generalities.
- jeramey 5y agoGot it. Your previous statement didn't really seem like you were speaking in broad generalities and instead seemed more absolute, like math is something that could always be learned by any human brain. Clearly that's not the case, which was the point of gpp, I think.
- Koshkin 5y ago> Is the brain not a physical thing? Why, sure - from the physics standpoint all the human brains are essentially the same, they all consist of the same protons, neutrons, electrons... (Also, they are close enough to being spherical.)
- ryan93 5y agoPeople have wildly different personalities and creative abilities. why do people think the "math part of the brain" is exactly the same in everyone?