Programming Baby--How humans learn to read and write, as seen by computer programmers.
What
is the "hardware" and what is the "software" you begin with, and how
does it evolve as you work to program it?
What do you have to do in
order to begin the process, and to what might we compare that to in the
realm of computers?
What stages must you move through and which order
do you begin, hearing/speech first or reading/writing first, and why?
Are all natural (not artifically invented) languages the same, or do some pose unique problems for the programmer or the baby?
Hint: you are permitted to consult your own "How I Read" survey and
qualitative response, your memory of being "programmed," and your
experience of other infants/children being programmed. You can even
consult someone studying early childhood education and/or developmental
psychology.
"But Hilbert offers a humbling comparison. Despite our gargantuan
digital growth, the DNA in a single human body still stores far more
informatoin--and a single human brain computes far more
calculations--than all the technology on Earth." Brian Vastag
paraphrasing Martin Hilbert, "Digital Data Now Comes in Databytes," The Washington Post, February 11, 2011, Suburban Edition.