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Video version by Hofstadter on "Analogy as the Core of Cognition": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8m7lFQ3njk
great lecture! skintro (i mean skip the intro): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8m7lFQ3njk&t=13m30s
The first part seems interesting. The whole thing is way too long to be read by a tired soul in a single read.
It IS a bit long.
To me the "Lexical blends" are an example of competing motor programs. Yes it does given a window into cognition, but it is a window into the parallel nature of processing in the brain and not into generalization.
To me the "Lexical blends" are an example of competing motor programs. Yes it does given a window into cognition, but it is a window into the parallel nature of processing in the brain and not into generalization.
Where did this absolutely bad title come from? Apparently not the article.