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Chomsky is not trying to build a flying machine. He is trying to study birds. Biologists don't look at a 737 and say "that's obviously the way flight works, I
by gizmo686 3y ago
Chomsky is not trying to build a flying machine. He is trying to study birds.
Biologists don't look at a 737 and say "that's obviously the way flight works, I wonder where the engine on that seagull is".
- williamcotton 3y agoThe only reason I was talking about "building a bird" in the first place is because that is what the person I was responding to was talking about. At this point I don't even understand what this analogy is supposed to be. Is the bird supposed to be "language"? Or "humans"? Or "human language"? What's the point of this study, just to chit-chat about things? What proof do we have the Chomsky's theories of language are true? Neuroscience has actual research that backs the claims of predictive coding and language acquisition and comprehension! Some names in case you're curious: Gina Kuperberg, Ellen Lau, Florian Jaeger and Roger Levy, just to name a few of the more influential researchers.