> the world is far more complicated than a human can grasp in their lifetime
Language plays a big part in this "grasping" process. Without language we would not have been able to build upon past experience and get to where we are now. It now preserves more knowledge than any one human can ever learn. We often think intelligence is an individual trait, but it is made of concepts and methods discovered by a social process based on language. A single human can't bootstrap to that level on his own.
Language plays a big part in this "grasping" process. Without language we would not have been able to build upon past experience and get to where we are now. It now preserves more knowledge than any one human can ever learn. We often think intelligence is an individual trait, but it is made of concepts and methods discovered by a social process based on language. A single human can't bootstrap to that level on his own.