Re: Language origin and what I do not know about Chomsky and Piaget

> Glen:
> Not really. The world is simply being built on more of the same. It's sad
> that one can't answer basic common-sense issues like the origin of language
> with just simple logic alone. That only being famous somehow makes printed
> dillusions from academic authority truthful and those springing from the
> layman a fantasy. Caveat pensator, mes amis, caveat pensator.
>

Gerry: Common sense is necessary in assessing common situations. If
you see the origins of language as a common occurance, then by all means
assess language with simple logic. I, on the other hand, see language
as a discourse expressing the opinions of learned scholars who usually
have some relationship to a major university. However, in these days of
political correctness, the folks at the major universities somehow tend
to be of the correct variety.

> >Gerry: Knowing what is true and what isn't is difficult enough when one is >at a
> >particular academic institution -- imagine what happens on the >web when
> >folks use a variety of pseudonymns and generic addresses!
>
> Glen: Only rational thought can save the day. Take the book from your eyes now and
> then and look around the library. Think about everything you read,
> everything you see, everything you experience, everything people do and say
> to you and what you are doing and saying to them. With open eyes, the net
> isn't as scary. Can you not tell the difference between logic and faith?
>

Gerry: Good advice for the student just starting out in the academic
process
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>Glen: If you've not been affected by the net already, you would have contemplated
> my idea in seriousness.
>
>

Gerry: Which ideas of yours should I be contemplating? See the world
through experience? Everyone knows that one. Which other "great" ideas
are you attempting to posit?
Just Curious,
Gerry

BTW, we aren't on a discussion group. I'm going to post this to
cybalist so that the possibility of comments from others in the group
might come forth.
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