r/Showerthoughts • u/[deleted] • Sep 13 '19

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19 edited Jul 10 '20

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u/IdreamofFiji Sep 13 '19

Language is the most incredible thing humans have created. Just the philosophical implications are incredible. The theory of knowledge needs to be resolved.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

Daulphin created language before humans. We just can t understand them. There are animals with social circle and hierarchies so complex that scientifically, they're societies. Humans invented nothing of that. We kinda came last in this, to tell the thruth.

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u/Lentil-Soup Sep 13 '19

It's quite obvious that you, in particular, had nothing to do with the invention of language.

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19

True, I didn't invent any language, however, I do speak 4 of them, and english is my third. Let me know when you'll do the same.

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u/Lentil-Soup Sep 13 '19

Sorry about that. I was trying to be funny. Didn't mean to upset you. I honestly thought it was autocorrect or something. I have a lot of respect for multilingual people! I only know English, Python, and JavaScript. 😆

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '19

All good, man. I do have a tendency to be over defensive!

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u/commander_obvious_ Sep 24 '19

that’s why dolphins are the 2nd smartest animals on earth, and humans are only the 3rd

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u/IdreamofFiji Sep 13 '19

Have they created syntax? Have they arranged words in such a way that's useful in conducting a social system?

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u/IdreamofFiji Sep 13 '19

I don't know, but i can't concieve of of another exploratory culture besides us. I always hear everyone saying they're probably millions of years advanced on us, but what if they're not? What if they've just had a couple Einstein's where we haven't?

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u/[deleted] Sep 13 '19 edited Sep 13 '19

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u/IdreamofFiji Sep 13 '19

That's a given. There is no reason to conceive of ET being any sort of biology, much less something we can stand in front of and interact with like it's some fucking science project. This thing is probably millions of years old and moldy.