Dev uses quale concept to frame infant experience as unstructured blur of information
ctjlewis · x · 2026-10-04
ctjlewis draws on the philosophical concept of qualia to describe infant experience: highly unstructured, with few refined concepts per second — a blur that is often uncomfortable — contrasted with the adult world where every object is named and behaves predictably. He frames this as a lens on how language acquisition and intelligence gradually separate messy signals into distinct concepts.
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