On Saturday, February 8, 2014 8:55:43 PM UTC-5, stathisp wrote: > > On 8 February 2014 05:03, Craig Weinberg <[email protected] <javascript:>> > 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. Craig > > > -- > Stathis Papaioannou > -- 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.
