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From: M.-L. Lessing <marless at gmx.de>
Subject: LL-L "Language programming" 2009.01.15 (01) [E]

Mark, I still doubt whether mother duck recognizes each one out of her 10
ducklings by *character* or *face*. I can well imagine that where a sense of
number in animals is essential, it might be provided by nature. And just
consider this
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14569-elephants-master-basic-mathematics.html.




But we may to drop the animal thing, the
human-brain-formatting-or-programming matter is much more interesting :-)



Hartlich



Marlou


From: Mark Dreyer <mrdreyer at lantic.net>
Subject: LL-L "Language programming" 2009.01.14 (06) [E]

Nevertheless, you are dead right to point out that  a mother-duck or cat
knows if one of her offspring is missing. This isn't evidence of a duck or a
cat having a sense of number. It is evidence of a sense of recognition. In
the same way you miss an invited guest at a cocktail-party because you don't
see his face. it isn't necessary or to the point to count the other guests.

Yrs,

Mark

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