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Old 11-12-2007, 01:02 AM
luckyme luckyme is offline
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Default Re: Morals, Language and Consciousness

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A nice post. But I think you should expand on 'innate grammar structure'. If we disregard the biological views for having language and just look at at a classic language/culture interaction phenomena:

The terms for 'fate' are interesting when comparing classic western culture vs south-east asian culture. The terms are so different it is almost impossible to translate and this to some extent affects morality and view of the world in different ways in these two cultures. So it seems (at least on the surface) that learned language to some extent sets boundaries/context to our view of the world. So I'm very interested in what you put in the term 'innate grammar structure'.

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I suspect all I'm reacting to is the modular and generic underpinnings of so many of the systems that have evolved to make us us.

Vision, language, morals, emotions, consciousness came to mind. That so much of it is testable even with all the overburden we've developed is quite a testament to their robustness.

The layer we interact with creates a storyline at the macro level that is unaware of the micro feeds that are driving the agenda. The construction of reality that our vision system produces is a decent example of the general concept.

The OP was an attempt to get some input in this area from the forum without cluttering it up with an strong claim.

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