Would someone care to comment upon/critique the following assertion
taken
from a post to a social science newslist. I myself do not know how
much
confidence to place in it
<<That reminds me of the language of ants which consists mainly of
pheromone signals, just like the brain language consists mainly of
neurotransmitters. Biologists say that ant languages have 10-20 words.
My guess is that none of them contains more than 16 words, because it
is at 16 bits/sec that a semblance of consciousness can appear, at
least in the human brain.>>
Should I use your comments I plan to cite them as coming from a
subscriber(so a neurosience group -- unless, of course, you give me
permission to be more specific.
Harley
