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Not just "various physical phenomena", but "physical phenomena that have stabilised and persisted structure over time". I feel like you buried the lede in your
by patcon 2y ago
Not just "various physical phenomena", but "physical phenomena that have stabilised and persisted structure over time".
I feel like you buried the lede in your post. People studying these physical systems are generally excited about the shared features, in my understanding
- lolinder 2y agoYou're correct, but op is also right to point out that the headline is misleading by grouping whale song and language together—it implies that this is something unique to human language, whereas the actual category to which these now both belong is much much bigger than language. An alternate headline that makes the point clear: "Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human city populations". Equally true, but with much less dramatic implications.
- ourmandave 2y ago"Whalesong patterns follow a universal law of human city populations". Teeing up an Atlantis joke you know will get downvoted to hell on HN is just cruel man.