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Interspecies linguistics (mander.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Why do we use sound hmmm all over the world when thinking about something? Was there just first proto language that had all these onomatopoeias built in or were they invented independently because they excite neurons in same way, mood regardless of culture?

[–] occhionaut 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe its for a similar reason to why cats purr; vibration make brain feel different in a way that facilitates thought?

source im fuckin g insame

[–] Dasus 1 points 4 months ago

G insame in the membrane

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

that's the sound of our brains venting the thinking gas

[–] Dasus 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Sign language is even more universal (early hominids def would've had signs before proper spoken language).

If I hold out my arm, my palm towards you, you'd probably know what I mean.

Like this.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That you're a ~~cop~~ businessman?

[–] Dasus 3 points 4 months ago