<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>jeffrey E. &lt;jeevacation@gmail.com&gt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Friday, August 7, 2015 7:36 PM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>Noam Chomsky</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: Re:</td></tr></table>

the mathematical model. is quite beautiful, =AO though the basic rules are simple , once =hey have run over and over again, and produced a result you cannot =ease them out by any form of reductionism. or algo=ithm, just like the series 7- 21 -37... cannot =e found by alogrithm, it is simply the difference of cubes,=C2 . Have you written about the iran dea=?

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Noam Chomsky <-> wrote:

What you suggest is very much the mod=l that has been current in the behavioral sciences for many years. 1= has a record of colossal failure, and for good reasons, I think. It's disproven, but keeps coming back, most recentl= with Big Data illusions.

A child doesn't grow arms and=legs rather than wings, or a mammalian vs insect visual system, the way an=ant searches for food. Rather, the path of development is sharply restricted (and evolution follows constraints too). =A0Acquisition of language (and other cognitive achievements) seems very mu=h like physical growth.

Highly contentious in the field, but =n my opinion that's a comment on the failures of the field.=u>

From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.comj
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 12:44 PM
To: Noam Chomsky < <mailto: > >
Subject: Re: Re:

ants and evolution work by trying things and finding=the best solution. math and physics works by algor=thms. Im suggesting that maybe just as a child sends out many connec=ions and then discards the unused might be a better template for biological thinking.

On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Noam Chomsky < <mailto > =rote:

There were plenty of warnings about o=e currency. Not heeded, unfortunately.

Appreciate the invitation, but leisure time? Is that an English phras=?

OK for ants, but don't see ho= it helps us.

Noam

From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.comj
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 10:28 AM
To: Noam Chomsky < <mailto: > >
Subject: Re:

bad for them , =ood for you. no need to have only one currency, its old =ashioned. . you are of course welcome to use apt in new york with yo=r new leisure time, or visit new Mexico again.

ants find the shortest route to food, by trying many=and discarding what doesn't work, no algorithm. , no input or ou=put , only a goal. . sounds closer to our probema>

On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:15 AM, Noam Chomsky <-> w=ote:

Bad news. We decided not to go.=C2 I was invited to talk at the Parliament, but what can one say? =That aside, they've got plenty of people giving them bad advice.=u>

From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.corn
Sent: Wednesday, August 05, 2015 7:48 PM
To: Noam Chomsky >
Subject:

Only go to Greece if you feel well , I just had to s=nd my plane to bring another lefty friend back from Athens to see a J=w doctor in New York .

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