I think it shows that if we're not too myopic, a concerted inquiry into one area can inform other areas. 20 to 50 years from now we might have the floating computers from the movie Cloud Atlas if we can combine levitation technology with projection technologies. For me what was most interesting was the amount of time a child needed to differentiate one phonetic sequence into another. Cheers, ~PM Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 16:26:20 -0500 Subject: Re: [agi] Deb Roy: The Birth of a Word From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
That was interesting. I noticed that the word gaa did not slowly turn into water, but at some point a sound like 'ohter' with an accent on the t popped in there and then disappeared for a number of utterances of the sound he used to denote water and then it started popping back in as a substitute for the gaaga and gogo sounds. The data displays were cool. It really shows how someone who is interested in collecting and looking at data rather than reaching for some fantasy can do something that is interesting. On the other hand, will his data representations be as interesting 25 or 50 years from now? Jim Bromer On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Piaget Modeler <[email protected]> wrote: I found this interesting from a developmental perspective. http://www.ted.com/talks/deb_roy_the_birth_of_a_word.html Enjoy. ~PM. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confidential - This message is meant solely for the intended recipient. Please do not copy or forward this message without the consent of the sender. If you have received this message in error, please delete the message and notify the sender. AGI | Archives | Modify Your Subscription AGI | Archives | Modify Your Subscription ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
