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Can it talk?
I submit this is the wrong question. Perhaps a better one would be, why should it want to?
Why would dolphins, for example, use words to
describe emotional states when they can feel the echoes of their podmates’ inmost selves, map out their fellows’ heartbeats and heartaches in three-dimensional ultrasound?
..(Cont'd)..
— Oct 08, 2026 08:59PM
I submit this is the wrong question. Perhaps a better one would be, why should it want to?
Why would dolphins, for example, use words to
describe emotional states when they can feel the echoes of their podmates’ inmost selves, map out their fellows’ heartbeats and heartaches in three-dimensional ultrasound?
..(Cont'd)..
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What use is there for nouns and adjectives among solitary cephalopods who paint pictures on their skin, change shape and texture, turn their whole bodies into dioramas? Does anyone truly believe there is some specific arrangement of phonemes that could truly convey your experience of watching a sunrise?
— Oct 08, 2026 09:00PM
What use is there for nouns and adjectives among solitary cephalopods who paint pictures on their skin, change shape and texture, turn their whole bodies into dioramas? Does anyone truly believe there is some specific arrangement of phonemes that could truly convey your experience of watching a sunrise?