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Description: First 200 people to use this link brilliant.org/WIL can get 20% off an annual premium subscription to Brilliant! [NAVIGATION] 0:00 - Location affects how languages sound? 1:26 - Language is complex and difficult, even for babies. Does that mean it must be prewired? Or could we have invented it? 3:10 - If language "evolved," what were the steps it took? [Enter indexes] 4:01 - Icons 5:07 - Symbols 7:31 - What about grammar? | Language is a gestalt: importance of culture, gestures, intonation... 8:27 - NEED CONTEXT. CONTEXT GOOD. CONTEXT BIG. 10:11 - The recursion controversy. What is recursion? Why is it a big deal that Pirahã lacks it? 11:32 - Is the lack of recursion an example supporting the idea that languages are an evolved invention? 15:00 - "immediacy of experience" principle 16:09 - What if you lacked numbers? 17:00 - "So the point is..." Big thanks to Daniel Everett (no relation) for speaking with me over Skype and answering several follow up questions I had about the Pirahã, their language and the ideas presented in his books. Check out daneverettbooks.com for more information. Link to Transcript with sources (PDF file @ this link) patreon.com/posts/script-where-did-30173973 ▲Patreon: patreon.com/WILearned ▲Twitter: twitter.com/jeverettlearned ▲IG: instagram.com/jeverett.whativelearned Books Mentioned: "How Language Began" - amzn.to/2McfW08 "Don't Sleep, There are Snakes" - amzn.to/2QjOing For Business inquiries: joseph.everett.wil@gmail.com