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I have to agree with you. Funny you should say "alien" - I watched "Under The Skin" recently, and then read excerpts from the book. Without spoiling it, the fa
by isomorph 10y ago
I have to agree with you.
Funny you should say "alien" - I watched "Under The Skin" recently, and then read excerpts from the book. Without spoiling it, the fate of human (males) in the book is far, far worse than in the film. (Search "vodsel processing" if you want to find out more).
Finally made me become vegetarian.
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- Danihan 10y ago>When one of their victims writes "mercy" in the dirt in front of their pursuers, Isserley pretends to not speak English, hoping to keep hidden the extent of their language capabilities. LOL, how is that comparable at all... The closest thing would be chimps or dolphins and we don't eat either.
- isomorph 10y agoIt's directly comparable, because all the aliens apart from Isserley believe that the humans have no language. Just like we believe that pigs, cows etc. have no language. But they do communicate with each other, don't they? So... it's directly comparable. Only Isserley speaks English because she's been trained to do so. So it's directly comparable.
- Danihan 9y agoWe actively search for animal languages, and some do have a bit. I suspect that the concept of "mercy" would not be too far away from something some animals could muster up. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/prairie-dogs-language-decoded-by-scientists-1.1322230 http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/prairie-dogs-language-deco... I'm still not going vegetarian though.