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Regarding visual communication, I think you downsell posturing, gesturing and facial expressions a little. They may not be as high bandwidth as talking but they
by actionfromafar 1y ago
Regarding visual communication, I think you downsell posturing, gesturing and facial expressions a little. They may not be as high bandwidth as talking but they are very low latency and pretty stealthy if necessary.
- dinfinity 1y agoWell, there is sign language, so I guess you're right. It would be interesting to see how high bandwidth gesturing can be compared to speaking. I thought about this some more and I think the prevalence of making sounds rather than gesturing etc. is due to sound being a broadcasting mechanism that works over long distances and without line of sight. Visually indicating that you've claimed some territory is pretty hard.
- actionfromafar 1y agoI was thinking more about "low level" communication which can be gleaned from body language, frowns, smiles, gaze, winks, pointing etc. Perhaps not very information dense, but very fast.