alt Hacker NewsNicaraguan sign language is evidence for an innate language capacity, not that it is an invented technology and certainly not evidence for Sapir Whorf.
Nicaraguan sign language is evidence for an innate language capacity, not that it is an invented technology and certainly not evidence for Sapir Whorf.
Evidence for vs compatible with are different things, and agreed!
I don't think it's particularly controversial to say "written language is a meaningful technology advancement for a civilization", though!