I think
― rob, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
why is "not applicable" abbreviated as "n/a"?
avoids possible confusion with 'no', among other things
― Aimless, Tuesday, 29 May 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
Why is it that humans can learn English (better to give and example of a language than to just say something vague like “language”)? Other animals can learn to communicate verbally or learn symbols. The difference with English is, it’s a lot more complex than the chirps of a chickadee. Then to say “language is innate” or “language is an instinct” could be said of any animal that communicates with other animals in it’s species. Communication may be instinctual but I think something like the English language is a grand elaboration on communication that humans are capable of due to our sizable cerebral cortex. So, like many human behaviors, it is both innate and learned.
― Violet Jax (Violet Jynx), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 16:41 (seven years ago) link
norm chompsky meets his match
― mark s, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 16:48 (seven years ago) link
norm chompsky deserves it
― The Remoans of the May (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 16:57 (seven years ago) link
gnome chompsky
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 17:34 (seven years ago) link
chomp on that !!
― Violet Jax (Violet Jynx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 14:28 (seven years ago) link
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― leprechaundriac (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 25 May 2017 15:01 (seven years ago) link
I can't stop laughing at the name Nim Chimpsky
― Godzilla vs. Rodan Rodannadanna (The Yellow Kid), Tuesday, 8 March 2011 02:51 (six years ago) Permalink
― Screamin' Jay Gould (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 25 May 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
"When Terrace ended the experiment, Nim was transferred back to the Institute for Primate Studies in Oklahoma, where he struggled to adapt after being trained to live as a human child [clarification needed] for the first decade of his life. When Terrace made his one and only visit to see Nim after a year at the Institute of Primate Studies, Nim sprung to Terrace immediately after seeing him, visibly shaking with excitement. Nim also showed the progress he had made during Project Nim, as he immediately began conversing in sign language with Terrace. Nim retreated back to a depressed state after Terrace left, never to return to see Nim again. Nim developed friendships with several of the workers at the Institute of Primate Studies, and learned a few more signs, including a sign named "stone" which indicated that Nim wanted to smoke marijuana"
― Violet Jax (Violet Jynx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
I found he could make the alarmingly human signs
Apple eatsEat banana neemBananas eatDrink with me with neemCome eat nimEat with me eatEat me neemMade neem ban neemBananas and meBananas and neem meThey have eaten bananasDrink to enjoy neemDrink drink to drinkBaby to eat meI eat moreI'm eatingI am mechanical rubberEat neem to eat atI play a nimFree me for the NIM game
― Violet Jax (Violet Jynx), Thursday, 25 May 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link