12 JUN 2013 by ideonexus
The Possible Innate Nature of Language Acquisition in Chi...
Consider first the
nature of primary linguistic data. This consists of a finite amount
of information about sentences, which, furthermore, must be
rather restricted in scope, considering the time limitations that
are in effect, and fairly degenerate in quality (cf. note 1 4). For
example, certain signals might be accepted as properly formed
sentences, while others are classed as nonsentences, as a result of
correction of the learner's attempts on the part of the linguistic
community. Furtherm...It is possible that children are born with the ability to acquire language.
05 JUN 2012 by ideonexus
Definition of Science
Science is simply the classification of the common knowledge of the common people. It is bringing together the things we all know and putting them together so we can use them. This is creation and finds its analogy in Nature, where the elements are combined in certain ways to give us fruits or flowers or grain. Folksonomies: science
Folksonomies: science
As classification of common knowledge of common people.
29 MAR 2012 by ideonexus
Empirical Mind-Cure
There are plenty of persons to-day — “scientists” or
“positivists,” they are fond of calling themselves — who will tell
you that religious thought is a mere survival, an atavistic reversion
to a type of consciousness which humanity in its more enlightened
examples has long since left behind and outgrown. If you ask them
to explain themselves more fully, they will probably say that for
primitive thought everything is conceived of under the form of
personality. The savage thinks tha...Science looks for empirical evidence, and religion has some empirical evidence for the positive effects of religion on the mind.
13 DEC 2011 by ideonexus
The Precarious Laws of Nature
By examining the model universes we generate when the theories of physics are altered in certain ways, one can study the effect of changes to physical law in a methodical manner. It turns out that it is not only the strengths of the strong nuclear force and the electromagnetic force that are made to order for our existence. Most of the fundamental constants in our theories appear fine tuned in the sense that if they were altered by only modest amounts, the universe would be qualitatively diff...If the laws of nature were different by a very small amount, the Universe would not work in such a way as to produce life.