In a message dated 7/24/08 6:32:20 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Cheerskep implies that communication should begin with a blank slate with > both the agent communicator and with the receiving communicator. But of > course, the agent has all sorts of messy tags on any word she chooses and so does > the receiver. We do rely on cultural norms to guide communication > My position is the other way around. We CAN'T bring a blank slate to any new input. We bring a huge bank of associations -- things learned, experienced, etc in the past. (Plus a receiving apparatus -- including our billions of linking neurons.) Lots of the stuff in the "culture" around us affect our associating action -- e.g. what we've read in dictionaries. ************** Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)
