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So basically the brain has "firmware" we're born with, as well as the "software" we install as we grow. Sounds a bit like Chomsky's Universal Grammar.
by vzaliva 11mo ago
So basically the brain has "firmware" we're born with, as well as the "software" we install as we grow.
Sounds a bit like Chomsky's Universal Grammar.
- AnimalMuppet 11mo ago> Sounds a bit like Chomsky's Universal Grammar. Yes, except with things in it instead of words.
- why-el 11mo agoChomsky never argued it was words (and how couldn't it be words, for there are millions of words from 100s of 1000s of languages), just a configuration to eventually learn those words.