tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post8642567496594025109..comments2024-03-28T09:41:15.454-05:00Comments on Deric's MindBlog: Innate Euclidean geometry.Deric Bowndshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16617204535017208765noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22093933.post-85116046893953871452011-06-21T19:57:24.823-05:002011-06-21T19:57:24.823-05:00What's an "an a priori intuition" to...What's an "an a priori intuition" to neuroscience anyway?<br /><br />I'd be interested to know how the authors concluded that the intuitions develop during childhood and aren't wired in, or rather, that the capacity to develop Euclidean spacial model of the world is wired in. Once you have a capacity for (Euclidean) 3d modelling, the "intuitions" are actually more like directly observable facts, observed either internally or externally. <br /><br />It would be interesting to spend some time in a non-Euclidean world and see how well we adapted and it felt.Jim Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07415199338332642534noreply@blogger.com