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 February-2018-Cool-Logic-Bas-Cornelissen
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SUMMARY:Cool Logic, Bas Cornelissen
ATTENDEE;ROLE=Speaker:Bas Cornelissen
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20180216T180000
LOCATION:ILLC Seminar Room F1.15, Science Park 107
 , Amsterdam
DESCRIPTION:Congratulations! Together with our cat
 s and cattle, we, humans, have accumulated a stagg
 ering portion of the planet's walking biomass — an
  unlikely fea(s)t for top predators like ourselves
 . But is biomass what makes humans special? How ab
 out logic? Language? (Computation?) Some would say
  that all of these are ‘mere’ products of somethin
 g more fundamental: our species’ remarkable capaci
 ty for cumulative culture.  The idea that cultural
  processes indeed hold answers to deep questions a
 bout language has fascinated a group of researcher
 s for decades. This talk is a brief excursion into
  their field: the cultural evolution of language. 
 We will follow the route of ‘iterated learning’, w
 hich tries to understand how cultural transmission
  can shape languages. On the way, we visit an unli
 kely assortment of topics: from zebra finch song c
 ultures, emerging compositionality and integer-rat
 io rhythms to baby names, Bayesian learners and ev
 en genetic drift.  Snacks and drinks will be provi
 ded in the common room after the talk!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n  <p>Congratulation
 s! Together with our cats and cattle, we, humans, 
 have accumulated a staggering portion of the plane
 t's walking biomass — an unlikely fea(s)t for top 
 predators like ourselves. But is biomass what make
 s humans special? How about logic? Language? (Comp
 utation?) Some would say that all of these are ‘me
 re’ products of something more fundamental: our sp
 ecies’ remarkable capacity for cumulative culture.
 </p>\n\n  <p>The idea that cultural processes inde
 ed hold answers to deep questions about language h
 as fascinated a group of researchers for decades. 
 This talk is a brief excursion into their field: t
 he cultural evolution of language. We will follow 
 the route of ‘iterated learning’, which tries to u
 nderstand how cultural transmission can shape lang
 uages. On the way, we visit an unlikely assortment
  of topics: from zebra finch song cultures, emergi
 ng compositionality and integer-ratio rhythms to b
 aby names, Bayesian learners and even genetic drif
 t.</p>\n\n  <p>Snacks and drinks will be provided 
 in the common room after the talk!</p>\n
URL:http://events.illc.uva.nl/coollogic/
CONTACT:Zoi Terzopoulou at coollogic.uva at gmail.
 com
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