Source: https://xkcd.com/2839/
Explain XKCD: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2839
Title text: My first words were 'These were my first words; what were yours?'
Source: https://xkcd.com/2839/
Explain XKCD: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/2839
Title text: My first words were 'These were my first words; what were yours?'
But being able to express those symbols in a sentence requires words
It’s more like, they can exist in our head without being words. So they are a distinct thing.
That’s fine. So the kid has a concept of 1-11 but doesn’t know the words for them.