Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA06406 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Wed, 7 Nov 2001 15:24:15 GMT From: "salice" <salice@gmx.net> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:17:49 +0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re:Fwd: Instinctive speech diminishes us not Message-Id: <E161UVX-0001re-00@dryctnath.mmu.ac.uk> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>Instinctive speech diminishes us not
Interesting article. It's a abit oversimplified tho. There sure are
genes which enable our brain to use language, but what we say is not
a direct result of some "language-gene". I remember this story about
childs growing up with animals and they don't end
up saying "Socialism is better than capitalism" i think.
Furtheron language is linked to other parts of the brain, so there's
not just that "language-area" in the brain but this "area" just
enables us to express or think what is going on in the rest of the
brain imho. Generally, i think it's a bit stupid to just take one
gene and say "now this gene defines why we do something" or such.
Sure the way the brain generally works is defined by DNA but the
brain is a complex network and not just a collection of independent
dna-caused parts.
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