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meindnochyesterday at 7:31 PM1 replyview on HN

So people without language cannot reason? I don't think so.


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CamperBob2yesterday at 7:53 PM

There's no such thing as people without language, except for infants and those who are so mentally incapacitated that the answer is self-evidently "No, they cannot."

Language is the substrate of reason. It doesn't need to be spoken or written, but it's a necessary and (as it turns out) sufficient component of thought.

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