[maister]

> the real surprise is that language conveys concepts better than we previously thought?

Is it really that much of a surprise? Isn't the whole purpose of language to transport concepts?

I mean, our brains are not directly connected to each other, yet you just transferred a concept (which was a result of your thinking and understanding) to my brain by using language.

[glenstein]

I take them to be making the point that a lot of comments in these threads have said something like "yeah it could do language but it doesn't understand the concepts." I think it's probably been one of the most popular opinions espoused in these threads if I had to estimate. Although I do agree with you that it shouldn't be surprising.