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If the brain only uses language like a sportscaster explaining post-hoc what the self and others are doing (experimental evidence 2003, empirical proof 2016), t
by Marshferm 1y ago
If the brain only uses language like a sportscaster explaining post-hoc what the self and others are doing (experimental evidence 2003, empirical proof 2016), then what's special about brains is entirely separate from what language is or appears to be. It's not even like a ticker tape that records trades, it's like a disengaged, arbitrary set of sequences that have nothing to do with what we're doing (and thinking!).
Language is like a disembodied science-fiction narration.
Wegener's Illusion of Conscious Will
https://www.its.caltech.edu/~squartz/wegner2.pdf https://www.its.caltech.edu/~squartz/wegner2.pdf
Fedorenko's Language and Thought are Not The Same Thing
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4874898/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4874898/