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Recursion and Human Thought: Why the Piraha Don't Have Numbers (quicktime video) (edge.org)
11 points by kf on Sept 30, 2007 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



The Piraha, an Amazonian tribe with three numbers: one, two and many. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_24_168/ai_n16...




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