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Simply because it's possible to deconvolve a dolphins sonar clicks into a 2 dimensional representation approximating our visual senses doesn't mean they have an
by baxter001 11y ago
Simply because it's possible to deconvolve a dolphins sonar clicks into a 2 dimensional representation approximating our visual senses doesn't mean they have any such similar experience of it, on top of that, the whole linguistic angle seems to be wild speculation.
- colanderman 11y agoI cannot find it now, but there was some recent study that showed that dolphins can emit clicks which match echolocation returns, in essence communicating "images" to each other. Presumably this is what they're referring to.
- amalag 11y agoI think that is an urban legend at this point. I also heard this claim from a colleague. When I did research I found nothing of the sort.
- jey 11y agoNo, but it would be the same information content -- the dolphin's subjective experience of the signal could be different, but this representation shows us (humans) the information in the signal. Anyway, this SpeakDolphin.com and "CymaScope" thing is clearly bullshit: https://www.cymascope.com/ https://www.cymascope.com/ Looks like they're maybe gearing up to sell 3D prints of bullshit? http://www.speakdolphin.com/pressRelease/Press_Release_3D_Print_Human.pdf http://www.speakdolphin.com/pressRelease/Press_Release_3D_Pr...
- bammmmm 11y agojup, all they did was recording an impulse response of some click, which happened to be a dolphins. Nothing about dolphin communication (I can't even find a reference in the press realease on the strange dolpin website linked in the article) edit: I really hoped to lear, that dolphins speak in sonograms :)