Humans and animals learn through the development of mental models of the world—abstract causal models that allow them to understand object permanence, solidity, intuitive physics (gravity, inertia), and natural categories before or independently of language learning, and these models are formed through observation and minimal interaction.
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Yann LeCunEvidence Quote
“how do um humans infants learn how the world works and you know infants accumulate a huge amount of background knowledge about the world in the first few months of life um Notions like object permanence um solidity rigidity natural categories of objects before children understand language they do understand the difference between the table and the chair um that kind of develops naturally and they understand intuitive physics notion like gravity inertia and things of that type around the age of nine months”
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:11:43 AM
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