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> the scientific community is very resistant to the idea of categorizing any non-human communication as “language” (language is pretty much defined as being don
by jsbisviewtiful 3y ago
> the scientific community is very resistant to the idea of categorizing any non-human communication as “language” (language is pretty much defined as being done only by humans) despite many cetaceans clearly showing signs of having this ability.
Plenty of animals communicate, just not like we do. I’ve always found the self-righteousness of humans to not accept that to be ridiculous and indicative of how entitled we are as a species.
- ericfrazier 3y agoYeah, sure. We're the only entitled species. Do they have cats where you're from?
- trilbyglens 3y agoWhat's really wild is how impenetrable animal languages are. We know they exist and have studied them for decades but they are still utterly opaque. I think this really shows how hard inter-species communication is. We even struggle to translate ancient human languages and we share the same mental architecture. Animal or alien languages are really going to stretch our minds to comprehend.