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Human babies have similar innate behaviors (a quickly growing shape, say a circle, will cause a fear reaction in a newborn baby).* * Chomsky - Language and Res

Human babies have similar innate behaviors (a quickly growing shape, say a circle, will cause a fear reaction in a newborn baby).* * Chomsky - Language and Responsibility - p52

robertk 18y ago
Wait, why? (the part in parentheses)
- bd 18y ago
  Quickly growing shape in front of your eyes is a good heuristics to indicate that something is going to hit you in the head. Incidentally, that's why I never liked ball games.