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38 sats \ 3 replies \ @Alice_and_the_Wonderland 20h \ on: Why alien languages could be far stranger than we imagine aliens_and_UFOs
It reminds me of the Heptapod alien language from Netflix movie "Arrival”. Their language looks like a multi-layered, circular logogram that conveys every meaning all at once within the circle, unlike human language where letters form words and words to form sentences in a linear sequence.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 16h
That’s discussed in the opening paragraph.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Alice_and_the_Wonderland 14h
That’s discussed in the opening paragraph.
Damn, I didn't even bother to click the link.
Still, if Heptapod is real, learning it is fascinating as it fundamentally changes how we process information and experience reality. Instead of viewing time as a strict sequence of past, present, and future, it allows us to perceive time as a unified whole, opening up an entirely new realm of understanding.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 14h
Instead of viewing time as a strict sequence of past, present, and future
I wonder what the author would think of the lack of tense in language. They'd probably categorize it as a semantic difference.
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