Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:35:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from n57.grp.scd.yahoo.com ([66.218.67.117]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.34) id 1ByeS6-0000Mr-7d for lojban-in@lojban.org; Sat, 21 Aug 2004 15:35:10 -0700 Received: from [66.218.66.95] by n57.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 21 Aug 2004 22:34:41 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: groups-email X-Sender: lojban@solipsys.co.uk X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 87917 invoked from network); 21 Aug 2004 22:34:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m7.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 21 Aug 2004 22:34:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n36.grp.scd.yahoo.com) (66.218.66.104) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Aug 2004 22:34:40 -0000 Received: from [66.218.67.144] by n36.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 21 Aug 2004 22:34:40 -0000 To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20040820083359.GA7469@fysh.org> User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 X-Mailer: Yahoo Groups Message Poster X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 66.218.66.104 From: "riderofgiraffes" X-Originating-IP: 194.153.10.165 X-Yahoo-Profile: riderofgiraffes MIME-Version: 1.0 Mailing-List: list lojban@yahoogroups.com; contact lojban-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list lojban@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:34:40 -0000 Subject: [lojban] Re: Piraha and SWH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-archive-position: 8525 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: lojban@solipsys.co.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list Content-Length: 1224 Lines: 36 --- In lojban@yahoogroups.com, Zefram wrote: > ... the Piraha group of Amazonian Indians ... > ... words for "few" and "many", but not "one", "two", > or "three". Piraha people turn out to be incapable > of the simplest counting tasks. They're unable to > distinguish between groups of four and five objects. > When asked to copy a group of identical objects, they > can't accurately reproduce any number higher than about > four. It's an interesting case for the SWH. > > I can't find a copy of the article online, ... Try http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996303 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/GSaulB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe, send mail to lojban-unsubscribe@onelist.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lojban/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lojban-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/