Comments on: Life without language

By: visitor

visitor — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:38:45 +0000

The autor is comitting the typical mind fallacy:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/dr/generalizing_from_one_example/

Not everyone thinks in language.

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By: Quora

Quora — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:14:20 +0000

Assume you woke up tomorrow having forgotten all language, what’s the first word and the first language you’d want to learn and why?…

But can you think without language? What is the mind of an adult like, without language? Or can you HAVE the mind of an adult without language? > Thought without symbols — life without language — it’s a cognitive reality that is virtually impossible fo…

By: Tiffiny Harrington

Tiffiny Harrington — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:44:40 +0000

I would love to learn more about to help our son, should anyone have advise.

By: Tiffiny Harrington

Tiffiny Harrington — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:13:45 +0000

I have a son (adopted from a country in South America) who had no language at all until we adopted him at age nine years. He is profoundly deaf and at 11.5 years is still struggling in learning ASL. Fascinating post…

By: L Howard

L Howard — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:01:06 +0000

“”… and the textbooks still insist that “all humans have language”. ”

If authors of textbooks read this book, they would see that such individuals do exist. I, for one, did not know this was possible, but after reading “Man Without Words,” I believe they do. I grew up in Mexico and as I look back, people we thought were crazy might have been individuals that were completely sane, but deaf and lacked communication skills. The “crazy” part probably came out of frustration they could not communicate.

By: Marie, tenues de soiree

Marie, tenues de soiree — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 08:55:26 +0000

Marie, tenues de soiree…

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