Humans May Have an Imperfect Physical Engine

Junqing Chen

Keywords: Physical engine

Abstract:

Many studies have shown that babies already have certain physical believes about
the physical world. When shown some counter-intuitive scenes, like a ball keeping
still with no support, they will be surprised. However, it remains to be discussed
whether the commonsense is born with them or developed by learning from experi-
ence. In this article, we will present the opinions for and against inborn physical
engine and explain why we think that humans may have an physical engine, though
imperfect.

Submission Number: 57