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> On the note of how they communicate - I wonder if anyone has considered sonar holography - I.e. The clicks and whistles aren't words per se but are interprete
by s_kilk 11y ago
> On the note of how they communicate - I wonder if anyone has considered sonar holography - I.e. The clicks and whistles aren't words per se but are interpreted visually, as an actual sonar reflection off an actual object would be. I'm trying to find the paper but I seem to recall some research in which they realised a dolphin was mimicking the sonar echo of an object, with startling accuracy.
Do you mean something like this?
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/this-picture-reveals-how-dolphins-communicate-and-how-we-may-some-day-understand-their-language/ http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/this-picture-reveals-how-dol...
- madaxe_again 11y agoExactly that, yes. Spatial information encoded in acoustic information - audio pictograms, almost. The really interesting question then becomes "is it always literal, or do they have abstract imagery too?". If it's the latter, that is, in my admittedly inexpert opinion, a slam dunk for dolphin sentience - abstract symbolism allows art.