[[Regarding language, Polanyi didn’t say he was referring to a child learning to speak, and neither did I. He didn’t address the origin of language; I was talking about the evolution of language in humans, not language acquisition by an individual]]
Same difference- He’s asserti8gn that metainfo arose gradually, and apparently htinks that a language example transfers to biological systems as well- my examples given in last reply to you on language stand I think- The metainfo had to be present first-
Not the same difference at all. Nobody would argue that a child doesn't use metainfo during language acquisition, whether it's inborn or supplied by the people around him. But I've never heard anyone argue that complex, nested grammar had to exist first in order for words to give rise to language, historically speaking.