It seems the periodic table extends far beyond 118 and the boffins think there may be stable elements at very high number. I sometimes think language might be a bit like this in that we struggle to fit other than a few elemental strings of it together and need to keep it stable longer in critical mode through understanding variable influences like temperature and pressure (metaphors). Experiments are now showing that information is transferred by mothers to offspring even when they don't do maternal nurture stuff (crickets are programmed to be very scared of wolf-spiders by mothers that have lived with the threat and not by those that haven't). Language does invent and get divorced from biology-reality, which pits Sophism against truth, though inventive language also helps us better understand and articulate reality, so this particular dichotomy is not the end of the story.
On 18 Feb, 15:53, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > http://corrosion-doctors.org/Periodic/Periodic-1.htm > > On Feb 18, 3:12 am, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On 17 February 2010 15:24, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > What did she drop then Ian? > > > Nothing at all, she runs around saying it over and over. We were wondering > > is it was "stop it", but the jury is out on that I'm afraid. > > > In all honesty, I am onside with the biological basis for language. Less so > > on the periodic table analogy. Grammar is quite mutable. For example: I use > > unprecursed pronouns in my writing quite often when opening a scene, it can > > create a nice lead-in. > > > Chemicals on the periodic table are, by comparison, not mutable. > > > Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
