PhysOrg Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Clocks and calendars, sports scores and stock-market tickers - our society is saturated with numbers. One of the first things we teach our children is to count, just as we teach them their ABCs. But is this evidence of a biological drive? No, says cognitive scientist Rafael Nunez of the University of California San Diego. It is evidence of our cultural preoccupations. "Numerical cognition," he says, "is not biologically endowed." Read the full article on PhysOrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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