The more I read about the Pirahã people, the more I think they're genetically normal and their culture is just extremely powerful.
@JayMan471 I heavily leaned toward genetic isolate until just the past couple days when I read everything again. They look so normal!
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@JayMan471 The real test will be how the kids do in the new Portuguese-speaking schools. If normal, the culture will die and we'll know.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@sarahdoingthing Well, they may be otherwise normal. I think that's overly Whorfian to assume language can cost counting ability/recursion. -
@JayMan471 I'm not saying any of them are going to win a Fields Medal ;)
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