"Stealth Pilot" wrote in message
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you know, just as a valid medical red herring here, 'cause it is
interesting.
if maxie the loon had no counting ability, or that part of the brain
used for higher math were damaged, three is actually the highest
number he'd be able to count to.
there are some amazonian tribes that live in such tightly tree'd areas
that they never see much of anything at a time. they have never
developed the higher math area in the brain and so can count like one,
two, three, many. patients with brain damage to the area retain the
ability to count up to 3.
as I said, a red herring.

4.
now that is a huge number. maxie would have lotsa problems with four.


Damn Howard, that's a lot of typing just to cross post something.