Lera Boroditsky is one of the premier researchers on this topic. They’ve also done some excellent work on comparing spatial/time metaphors in English and Mandarin (?), showing that the dominant idioms in each language affect how people cognitively process motion.
But the question is more broad—whether some form of natural language is required (natural, roughly meaning used by a group in day to day life, is key here)? Differences between major natural languages are for the most part relatively superficial and translatable because their speakers are generally dealing with a similar reality.
I think that is one of my questions; i.e., is some form of natural language required? Or maybe what I’m wondering is what intelligence would look like if it weren’t constrained by language—if that’s even possible. I need to read/learn more on this topic. I find it really interesting.
Lera Boroditsky is one of the premier researchers on this topic. They’ve also done some excellent work on comparing spatial/time metaphors in English and Mandarin (?), showing that the dominant idioms in each language affect how people cognitively process motion.
But the question is more broad—whether some form of natural language is required (natural, roughly meaning used by a group in day to day life, is key here)? Differences between major natural languages are for the most part relatively superficial and translatable because their speakers are generally dealing with a similar reality.
I think that is one of my questions; i.e., is some form of natural language required? Or maybe what I’m wondering is what intelligence would look like if it weren’t constrained by language—if that’s even possible. I need to read/learn more on this topic. I find it really interesting.