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Nugget-sized one-liners are usually wrong
Catchy, memorable one-line summaries of complex ideas—like the misreading that 'language is innate'—are fun to repeat but are almost always wrong, because real understanding requires engaging with nuanced, technical detail.
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David PoeppelEvidence Quote
“If there are nugget-sized one-liners, they're fun to remember, they're fun to talk about, but they're probably almost always wrong. Stuff is complicated.”
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15 | David Poeppel on Thought, Language, and How to Understand the Brain— Sean Carroll's MindscapeCreated: 6/13/2026, 12:19:52 AM
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