Comment by burgerbrain
15 years ago
"No one, as far as I know, argues that humans actually solve differential equations in their head when they catch a ball."
I would argue that we actually find approximate solutions to differential equations with what is likely best described as an analog computer.
So essentially, humans and computers as they are currently programmed do it the same way. The only difference is that computers do it better.
By actually I meant solve them in the same way that you and I solve them; analytically, using our formalisms. Rather, I'm proposing that our brains are using some statistical model that gives results pretty damn close to what the analytical answers would be. And that something similar is true for syntax and grammar.
Eh, a computer is a computer.