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Humans Hard-wired for Geometry
hcg50a writes "An article on MSNBC reports that, according to a new study, even if you never learned the difference between a triangle, a rectangle and a trapezoid, and you never used a ruler, a compass or a map, you would still do well on some basic geometry tests, because we are hard-wired for geometry, rather than learning it from teachers or cultural influences."
Kant figured this out back in the mid-nineteenth century. He proved that spatial and temporal conception is a prerequisite of consciousness.
Not that anyone except the five people that made it through the 'Transcendental Deduction' noticed, however.
- undoware.ca
Please don't open that can of worms! I hold the view that anything other than the natural number system (Integers greater than zero) is invented. However, people far more educated than I have been arguing this for centuries.