I meant those posts to show the limits of non-human communications. To labor a point, the post about ape "language" demonstrates just what a sham that whole project was, Rimbaugh was either incredibly naive or just a con artist. There are still many otherwise intelligent people that believe apes can be taught a language
Human complex language has given us a giant leap in learning; we no longer have to see, hear or smell something to believe it to be true. We can now be informed by words. Languages gave humans an incredible acceleration in the learning process. All the wisdom of all those who came before us can now be passed on orally, and, at least in the last few millennium, by the written word.
Human complex language has given us a giant leap in learning; we no longer have to see, hear or smell something to believe it to be true. We can now be informed by words. Languages gave humans an incredible acceleration in the learning process. All the wisdom of all those who came before us can now be passed on orally, and, at least in the last few millennium, by the written word.