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| [The scientist] stands to the side and talks about the way things are, you know. And he also has trouble getting back into the world. But the way scientists live is different. They split the world into a continuum of physical processes, yet here you have a consciousness and you then have a problem of reentry. How do you get back into this world? So I'm looking for a way of thinking about people and things and symbols....we don't know what language is. That's why I like to start with chimps; I like to start with chimps who do hand signals and designate balls, and then think about what happens when human beings suddenly put two words together and make a sentence-- something very strange happens. Bam! That's a world out there. W.P. from an interview |
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