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i875p t1_iqxk5mt wrote
Reply to comment by orgtre in The returns to learning the most common words, by language [OC] by orgtre
Just an observation: the lists seem to indicate that the Chinese corpus is largely based on recent government documents/reports and legal codes that are published in book form. I would guess even if one understands the meaning of every word on the 1-grams list, one would still find reading a relatively accessible classical Chinese novel (like the Romance of the 3 Kingdoms) a bit difficult.
i875p t1_ja5zg0d wrote
Reply to comment by Mustelafan in Neuroscientist Gregory Berns argues that Thomas Nagel was wrong: neuroscience can give us knowledge about what it is like to be an animal. For example, his own fMRI studies on dogs have shown that they can feel genuine affection for their owners. by Ma3Ke4Li3
It's kind of hard to understand how things like this keep happening. Nagel's argument basically boils down to something like "we, as human beings, are physiologically quite different from bats, and therefore it's very likely that we'll never know how a bat experiences things from the 1st person perspective". It is as science-friendly as philosophy can get.