Re:Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicks
by naniwaduni on Saturday February 21, 2026 @08:02PM
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Arbitrariness of the sign is a principle that requires so many epicycles to present as "true" that it's more of a warning against overgeneralization than an insight with any significant predictive power in its own right.
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Re:Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicks
by suddenlybananas on Sunday February 22, 2026 @03:45AM
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Let's call the arbitrariness of the sign, blinga. Why do you think blinga requires "epicycles"? Blinga makes pretty modest claims: there is no requirement that the form of a sign matches that which it signifies in any way.