THE PRE-WIRED BRAIN

YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ "STEPHAN PINKERS" BOOK'S
{HOW THE MIND WORKS,THE BLANK SLATE,ETC.}TO CATCH
SCIENTISTS ON TV MAKING ERRONOUS STATEMENTS ABOUT
THE NATURE OF NATURE AND THE NATURE OF
THE HUMAN MIND;BUT IT HELPS.JUST LAST NIGHT ON A SHOW ABOUT
ANIMALS,INSECTS,BIRDS AND SUCH WHO MAKE THIER OWN
CONSTRUCTIONS WITH NO PREVIOUS EXPIERIENCE; A SCIENTIST
STATEDED AT THE END HOW AMAZING THIS ABILITY IS CONSIDERING
THAT "HUMANS CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT BEING TAUGHT".
THIS IS A TOTALLY FALSE STATMENT.HUMANS MANAGE TO LEARN
A NUMBER OF HIGHTLY COMPLEX SKILLS WITHOUT BEING TAUGHT;
THE MAIN ONE BEING LANGUAGE;WHICH NO OTHER ANIMAL HAS
MASTERED WHIETHER TAUGHT OR NOT.
ONE OF THE GREATIST,IF NOT THE GREATIST SKILLS OF ANY
LIVING ORGANISM ON PLANET EARTH IS THE ABILITY OF A
GROWING HUMAN BABY TO LEARN LANGUAGE WITHOUT BEING
FORMALLY TAUGHT-BOTH SPEAKING AND UNDERSTANDING.
THE HUMAN MIND IS NOT A BLANK SLATE ! IT COMES WITH CERTAIN
INNATE ABILITY'S AND ONE OF THEM IS TO UNDERSTAND AND
SPEAK WORDS.OUR BRAINS ARE PRE-WIRED TO HAVE THIS ABILITY.
THAT BRAINS CAN LEARN TO SPEAK AND UNDERSTAND SPEECH
SIMPLY FROM BEING EXPOSED TO OTHER HUMANS DOING THE
SAME MAY BE THE MOST MIRACLOUS EVENT A HUMAN CAN WITNESS.
BUT AS 'PINKER' POINTS OUT IT'S REALLY JUST THE WAY OUR BRAINS
WORK.

WRITTEN BY PETE HOLLY-2008-COPYRIGHT-ALL RIGHTS RESERVED