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> language is the main thing we have that other animals dont. There are plenty of animals with at least rudimentary forms of language. The thing which I think
by rosser 7y ago
> language is the main thing we have that other animals dont.
There are plenty of animals with at least rudimentary forms of language. The thing which I think sets H. sapiens sapiens apart is the fictive use of language: we seem to be the only critters that knowingly, deliberate emit falsehoods from our pie holes (whether to deceive or entertain, or whatever else).
- dumpsterdiver 7y agoOr perhaps we are all but dancing birds trying to be our best.
- vageli 7y agoI think _persistence of thought_ is the thing that separates us. We are able to look back on ideas first thought by thinkers thousands of years ago and continue to riff off/transform ideas of old. That enables us to keep a catalogue not only of ideas that work, but ideas that no longer work and _why_.
- opwieurposiu 7y agoDrongo birds lie to steal food. https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140501-drongo-kalahari-desert-meerkat-mimicry-science/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140501-dron...