I don't know if this fits in with the article (which I haven't read) but we stress (as people who supposedly are communication experts) that people do not learn the same way, and therefore do not communicate the same way.
We've become a society that values the written word, but it hasn't always been so. In fact, for most of our human existence we didn't communicate as we do now, and those methods are still hard-wired into us. Unfortunately, those people who depend upon other measures to get by have sunk below the curve for most of us. They are invisible.
I see them as part of my work, and they are certainly intelligent, but they don't think like I do, and they certainly don't communicate well or write clearly.
Are they like the Piraha? Probably not, but they are probably more like them than I am.
We've adapted to our specific needs. the Piraha, I suspect, have adapted to theirs.
Humans are nearly infinitely flexible, from what I've seen. We can learn almost anything, survive almost anything, having jelly brains has been good for us. It's a shame the opinions that cone out of our jelly brains are frequently more rigid than the matter that imagined them.
Wow, I went on and on. Sorry about that. And I could be absolutely freakishly off base, since I didn't read the article, so if so, tell me I'm blowing smoke and ignore me.
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Date: 2008-12-12 06:54 am (UTC)We've become a society that values the written word, but it hasn't always been so. In fact, for most of our human existence we didn't communicate as we do now, and those methods are still hard-wired into us. Unfortunately, those people who depend upon other measures to get by have sunk below the curve for most of us. They are invisible.
I see them as part of my work, and they are certainly intelligent, but they don't think like I do, and they certainly don't communicate well or write clearly.
Are they like the Piraha? Probably not, but they are probably more like them than I am.
We've adapted to our specific needs. the Piraha, I suspect, have adapted to theirs.
Humans are nearly infinitely flexible, from what I've seen. We can learn almost anything, survive almost anything, having jelly brains has been good for us. It's a shame the opinions that cone out of our jelly brains are frequently more rigid than the matter that imagined them.
Wow, I went on and on. Sorry about that. And I could be absolutely freakishly off base, since I didn't read the article, so if so, tell me I'm blowing smoke and ignore me.