Sunlight exposure cannot explain "grue" languages

Joseph L Hardy¹, John S Werner², Terry Regier^{3

4}, Paul Kay^{3

5}, Christina M Frederick⁶

Affiliations

¹ aNUma, Inc, San Rafael, CA, 94901, USA. jlhardyphd@gmail.com.
² Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of California, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
³ Department of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
⁴ Cognitive Science Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
⁵ Department of Linguistics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA.
⁶ Sapience Practice, Reno, NV, 89502, USA.

Comment

Joseph L Hardy et al. Sci Rep. 2023.

. 2023 Feb 1;13(1):1836.

doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-28280-1.

Joseph L Hardy¹, John S Werner², Terry Regier^{3

4}, Paul Kay^{3

5}, Christina M Frederick⁶

¹ aNUma, Inc, San Rafael, CA, 94901, USA. jlhardyphd@gmail.com.
² Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University of California, Sacramento, CA, 95817, USA.
³ Department of Linguistics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
⁴ Cognitive Science Program, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
⁵ Department of Linguistics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, 94305, USA.
⁶ Sapience Practice, Reno, NV, 89502, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Authors declare no competing interests.

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