| ▲ | DFHippie 4 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
> Human babies physically cannot walk. It’s not merely a knowledge check. They physically cannot walk, but they also don't know how to. We know this because they need to practice and acquire skill. If they are deprived of opportunity to learn but their body continues to mature, their mature body does not give them the mature skill. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | jncfhnb 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
It may be that humans practice things, but they’re still mostly pretrained capabilities that activate. Most of walking and balance is subconscious and not “learned” via experience. We have dedicated neural hardware for this. Language processing is another example. There’s dedicated neural hardware designed for this specific task. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Retric 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Practice itself is an instinctual behavior. Evolution isn’t limited to direct methods, as long as it works that’s enough. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | mekoka 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Are you saying that a human left to their own devices would not eventually walk? That walking erect is mimicry? | |||||||||||||||||
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