It’s also strange, @GaryMarcus, when people assume that “innate” means that there’s no room for learning; and I don’t see how any learning story can even get off the ground without some analog of biological preparedness
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On the alleged impossibility of innate symbol-manipulation, these two papers suggest otherwise http://www.pnas.org/content/105/37/14222 … and http://science.sciencemag.org/content/359/6381/1263 … Meanwhile I would suggest that arguing purely on the basis of tweet, blog posts, and hearsay < idealhttps://twitter.com/tyrell_turing/status/1003315128584925184 …
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I’m not assuming that. Innate priors are important! I’m suggesting that learning will always be key.
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Is “symbol-manipulation” the same as “object-manipulation”?
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I think in the cortex the method of object representation is the same whether it’s a cup or a concept or a symbol. We think it involves grid cell mechanisms that define all objects wrt movement through space. Some representation of location is built into all ideas.
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I don’t think those papers show that necessarily - a lot of learning happens in the womb and in the first year of life. I agree, arguing with you w/o having read your work is < ideal. But, this is Twitter, not an academic journal. It should all be for fun.
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