On 9 February 2014 17:10, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Saturday, February 8, 2014 8:55:43 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: > >> On 8 February 2014 05:03, Craig Weinberg <[email protected]> wrote: >> > If there were identical triplets, and one of them grew up on the other >> side >> > of the world and spoke a different language, while the others grew up >> in the >> > same state and spoke the same language, do you think that a >> neuroscientist >> > could figure out with certainty which triplet spoke the other language >> (not >> > by looking at trace compounds that would identify a geographic region, >> etc, >> > but strictly by the vast number of different words and phrases that >> they >> > use)? >> >> It's an assumption in science that the language difference is due to >> brain difference. That's not to say that our techniques are at present >> refined enough to see a difference, but there must be one if language >> is due to the brain. >> > > I don't think science is supposed to make assumptions. > > Assumption was the wrong word. He meant hypothesis. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
