Nouns, verbs, spatial and temporal patterns

Of the words/concepts A.s.a. H. has learned almost all nouns are purely spatial patterns.* One exception is “hardness” which reflects the amount of displacement registered over time as a force is applied. Verbs are more complicated. About half of all verbs are names for temporal patterns. Others like “need,” “listen,” “see,” “obstruct” are not.

* registered at a single time step