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I don't think the painting analogy applies. You can add words and meanings to languages. If we all spoke the same language, we'd iterate on it until it could ex
by thegrimmest 5y ago
I don't think the painting analogy applies. You can add words and meanings to languages. If we all spoke the same language, we'd iterate on it until it could express all the ideas that we have. We may lose some rhyming along the way, but it seems a small price to pay for universal, clear communication.
- tored 5y agoEventually new languages would be created. Why? Because everyone wouldn't iterate at the speed or even the same direction.
- thegrimmest 5y agoRight, but if we standardize the language, we can keep track of and de-duplicate all the iterations, much like we do with web standards.