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lots of howlers in this but my favorite is probably
> There is no selection at work in the evolution of language
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??? did you know ???
languages evolve by random walk. no selection, no dynamic structure. therefore [incoherent linguistic mysticism]
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I tried to think of what he could possibly mean by that and my best guess at the point was "Chomsky grammars are all or nothing"
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I.e. I'm guessing he sees a sharp division between chomskyean languages and communication that don't have that structure
Once you're in post-Chomsky stage it's more memetic evolution racing ahead, not genetic (since all humans can learn all languages)
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Not defending... agree it's incoherent. Just trying to steelman it/apply miller's law (in what sense could he be right?)
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