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It's absolutely an interesting paper, but just to note: Their finding is not that the spike activity is a language. They just propose it might be a language and
by xg15 5y ago
It's absolutely an interesting paper, but just to note: Their finding is not that the spike activity is a language. They just propose it might be a language and then derive a number of statistics by treating it like a language for the sake of the argument.
... at least that was my understanding from the abstract and introduction.
- dalbasal 5y agoSeems so. Tangentially, I think it's unfortunate that "hope" can't help form the frame here. I mean, it's an elephant in the room, but I think it's friendly.