By Andrea Moro, Accademia dei Lincei – IUSS Pavia University School of Advanced Studies – Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa
\nIntroducing Ignazio Putzu, Vice-Rector for Teaching at the University of Cagliari<\/p>\n
All living beings communicate, but humans are the only ones capable of generating ever-new meanings (sentences) by recombining the same elements (words). Despite apparent differences in the complexity of linguistic structures, this ability, called “syntax,” is expressed by the same simple operations that are invariant in all the world’s languages. What explains the existence of the “boundaries of Babel”? Contemporary neuroscience has provided the answer, based on measuring the human brain’s reaction to “impossible” languages\u2014languages \u200b\u200bnot contained within the boundaries of Babel. The impact of this discovery has implications for numerous fields, including artificial intelligence: it overturns the traditional view that machines are too weak to simulate a human brain; on the contrary, they prove too powerful since impossible languages \u200b\u200bdo not exist for them. Ultimately, this research leads to the conclusion that, at least as far as the human mind is concerned, we are our own limits. <\/p>\n
By Alberto Diaspro, University of Genoa \u2013 Italian Institute of Technology
\nPresented by Carla Romagnino, Honorary President of the ScienzaSociet\u00e0Scienza Association<\/p>\n
“Tramas e filu” (Tracks and Threads) will guide us along a narrative thread that intertwines method with knowledge, beauty with the discovery of an irresistible science. The transition from written to figurative signs, inspired by Galileo, is the framework upon which the interweaving of physics, biology, astronomy, chemistry, and art unfolds. Thus, science is irresistible in sparking the innate curiosity of humankind. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Impossible Languages: The Brain, The Machines, and the Gift of Limits By Andrea Moro, Accademia dei Lincei – IUSS Pavia University School of Advanced Studies – Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa Introducing Ignazio Putzu, Vice-Rector for Teaching at the University of Cagliari All living beings communicate, but humans are the only ones capable of generating ever-new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31905,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tipologia_evento":[388],"anno_edizione":[501],"tag_evento_festival":[507],"class_list":["post-33969","eventi_festival","type-eventi_festival","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipologia_evento-conferenza","anno_edizione-501","tag_evento_festival-06-nov-2025"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n