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I mean, apart from a few kidnapped ones in the 1800's, few Sentinelese have ever interacted with the rest of us. Human-Orca contact, on the other hand, is rela
by 2000UltraDeluxe 3y ago
I mean, apart from a few kidnapped ones in the 1800's, few Sentinelese have ever interacted with the rest of us.
Human-Orca contact, on the other hand, is relatively common.
- RajT88 3y agoAnd the main way the Sentinelese prefer to interact with the rest of the world is with hails of arrows.
- ben_w 3y agoQuite possibly for the same reason as the orcas…
- AlecSchueler 3y agoSo why would we expect to learn to communicate with the Sentinelese first, rather than the species we're already in contact with?
- bmitc 3y agoContact is not the same as communication and understanding of language, which is what the original commenter was referring to.
- AlecSchueler 3y agoYes, but we already communicate with orcas, and with the Sentinelese we can't communicate with them because we can't contact them. Communication and understanding of language are two different things. I have great communication with my dog, both ways.
- bmitc 3y ago> but we already communicate with orcas Not really. And again, the person was referring to Sentinelese the language and not the people and thus was referring to orcas' languages.
- moffkalast 3y agoBecause every time in history a new group of humans was discovered we could eventually communicate, but have so far managed to talk to exactly zero fish despite constant contact?
- notmypenguin 3y agoThis might be stunning news, but Orcas aren’t fish, they are mammals
- moffkalast 3y agoHaven't talked to any non-domesticated mammals either, and even the domesticated ones are a bit of a stretch.
- ben_w 3y agoI've talked to a non-domesticated animal. The wolf didn't even look up, much less reply. Joking aside, between this and Neuralink, how close are we to cybernetic uplifting?