I think I did mean something less specific by “hardcoded” than you interpreted me to mean (your post notes that hardwired responses to sense-stimuli are more plausible than hardwired responses to abstract concepts, and I didn’t have a strong take that any of the stuff I talk about in this post required abstract concepts.
But I also indeed hadn’t reflected on the plausibility of various mechanisms here at all, and you’ve given me a lot of food for thought. I’ll probably weigh in with more thoughts on your other post.
Thanks. This all does seem reasonable.
I think I did mean something less specific by “hardcoded” than you interpreted me to mean (your post notes that hardwired responses to sense-stimuli are more plausible than hardwired responses to abstract concepts, and I didn’t have a strong take that any of the stuff I talk about in this post required abstract concepts.
But I also indeed hadn’t reflected on the plausibility of various mechanisms here at all, and you’ve given me a lot of food for thought. I’ll probably weigh in with more thoughts on your other post.