On 4/15/2014 4:38 AM, Telmo Menezes wrote:
An interesting related hypothesis is that language originated from synesthesia caused by psychadelics. Telmo.I had heard that Telmo. Do you have a reference, a link?Unfortunately not. I think I heard in a talk. Might be related to McKenna's "stoned ape" theory, but I can't find anything...
That seems very far-fetched considering that animals already exhibit rudimentary language and that its selective advantage for a tool making social animal is huge. I don't see how synesthesia could do anything but confound and confuse the development of language.
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