From: Paul Grant (shade999@optonline.net)
Date: Wed Jul 30 2003 - 10:00:25 MDT
As an aside; doctors have come up with a "disorder" for
people who excel at symbolic manipulations... they're
calling it hyperlexia. Personally I think they're correct
(insofar as the description and general consequences),
but incorrect in ascribing to it a disorder status. How
much is genetic vs environmental is another issue...I do
believe though, that there are people who are inherently
better symbol manipulators than others.
omard-out
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From: owner-extropians@extropy.org [mailto:owner-extropians@extropy.org]
On Behalf Of Phil Osborn
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:11 PM
Apparently, some of this got internalized, as I had
perfect scores on every assignment and test when I
took logic on the college level, and was able to
consistently crank out 60-step+ proofs in formal logic
without any changes or backtracking on tests.
Somewhere inbetween is where I suspect the truth lies
about the influence of language on the boundaries of
thought - or, more likely, the ease and precision of
thought in various areas.
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