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it is amazing to me that he thinks language is something more than mathematics/statistics He doesn't think that. Look at his linguistics work - google Chomsky
by adrianhoward 14y ago
it is amazing to me that he thinks language is something more than mathematics/statistics
He doesn't think that. Look at his linguistics work - google Chomsky Hierarchy. He very much does not think that it's magic.
All he's saying is that some kinds of statistical modeling - while stupidly useful and practical - don't give us a lot of explanatory power.
He's, metaphorically, complaining about folk who are happy using Boyle's Law because "it works", when he'd like more folk figuring out what atoms are all about.
- gavanwoolery 14y agoWell aware of his work, but I realize I probably misread the article. :) I think I just expanded statistical modeling to encompass more fields than I meant to (you can, in fact, employ statistical methods to augment "deeper" systems like automatically developing rule systems for propositional logic).