1-1c6a1c The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence
10-2g4 Cultures and languages are reflexive
8-1c4d1a1 The culture (or ‘gestalt’) dictates what’s been written as well as what’s not been written
10-2f3 Learning human languages is about learning its cultures
4-1d0 Look at the whole of conversations, including how things are being said as well as what’s not being said (e.g., taboos)
10-2f1a We are making communication efficient not only combinatorically (syntax) but also semantically (by using context)
10-2f2 The theory of the evolution of language must take culture into account
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In drawing, you have to look at the whole—the gestalt (from Betty Edwards)develop