Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky argues that the cognitive capabilities of all organisms are limited by biology and that certain problems may be beyond our understanding:
A Martian scientist, with a mind different from ours might regard this problem as trivial, and wonder why humans never seem to hit on the obvious way of solving it. This observer might also be amazed at the ability of every human child to acquire language, something that seems to him incomprehensible, requiring divine intervention. —Noam Chomsky, Language and problems of knowledgeRead more about this topic: Cognitive Closure (philosophy)
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