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It's an interesting, even if highly speculative thought experiment: would there be much animism before storytelling? I don't think that the answer is clear. (n
by usrusr 8y ago
It's an interesting, even if highly speculative thought experiment: would there be much animism before storytelling? I don't think that the answer is clear.
(now I'm off on a tangent reading https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_in_animals https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deception_in_animals )
- lolc 8y agoI would assume that our drive to see intent even in happenstance is older than language. But yeah, highly speculative. Sapir & Whorf would disagree :-)