Glen writes:
For some reason or another, this linguistic organization or grammar was
obviously bred into us. Perhaps it's like modern day culture where
people who have trouble communicating or even those who don't
communicate using the commonly accepted grammar of a language are often
quickly misanalysed as "slow". People labeled "slow", as un-politically
correct as it is, are not usually considered prospective mates.
Intellectual and/or social ability (aka signing/speaking ability) would
be an obvious asset for survival and flourishment of one's future
generations as is still often the case and perhaps more so now than
ever.
Gerry: Yes, the linguistic organization or grammar is what I am
referring to as Chomsky's template. And I suspect your definition of a
slow person (one who doesn't manipultate the grammar) is true in many
cases. Cases where it isn't correct is when a person has the template
of a "foreign" language or a different language in his head. This
person likely will have difficulty in communicating in a second
language. Also, persons who CAN multitask aren't considered slow
either. However, I don't know if speed denotes intelligence.
Glen writes:
Scientifically analyzing an oil painting can in no way disprove the
feeling one obtains from looking at an oil painting. This is illogical.
Gerry: If one scientifically analyzes an oil painting how does he prove
the feeling he obtains from looking at the painting? Somehow I fail to
see how the "feeling" can be translated into the "logic". Please
explain.
Glen: In the case of the universe, we must arrive at the simplest
solution - that existence and non-existence are the same. This
ultimately disproves my arguement completely and makes "faith" an
equally potent arguement to any topic. On a similar note, if existence
and non-existence are the same, this allows the existence as well as the
simultaneous non-existence of God. Thus, there is a place for "faith"
and "art" in this universe. One wonders what arguement you are trying to
make when I'm both agreeing and fighting everything you're saying. :)
Gerry: You certainly have gone beyond relativism! And what is it that
you find out there? Is it naturalism or perhaps humanism? Anyhow, I
agree that you are both fighting and agreeing with everything I say. If
this is the case, then who gets the pony? :)
Glen: Erh, I hate to break this to ya, Gerry, but the Borg are only a
science-fiction concept... but then with everything existing and not
existing equally, there is no doubt a parallel universe somewhere
across the expanses of the nth dimension where TV characters come alive
and where people are still debating whether they should let
heterosexuals into the US military.
Gerry: Hey Glen. We need to reel you in again. Put on your scientist
cap and rest a while.
Gerry
2/13/00
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