Category: Linguistics
Do We Need Language to Think?
For a long time, it was only a philosophical issue: Plato saw thinking as a conversation with oneself.
Arguing About Taste with Large Language Models
When Large Language Models aspire to the literary genius of James Joyce, what could go wrong?
RNA as Cells’ “Text Messaging” System
Some researchers wonder if RNA can be understood as a common language that can be read among cells of widely different life forms.
Intelligent Design in Action: Pattern Matching in Archaeology
Our uniform experience of intelligent causes allows us to make inferences about design, even without knowing the identity of the designers.
Human Origins and the Beginning of Art
There is now evidence of something like artwork among several ancient human types, not just Neanderthals. Thus, an academic controversy has arisen.