• yesman@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Only humans have language. Inter-species communication is nothing special. Rattlesnakes are named for their ability to communicate cross species.

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        it’s only humans capable of the sub communication protocol called English that says that

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            5 months ago

            Exactly, other languages would use something like “Det är bara människan som utvecklat tal” or “Es ist nur der Mensch, der die Sprache entwickelt hat” depending on language

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      5 months ago

      What is this strange group on Lemmy that is so anti animal intelligence?

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      A rattlesnake can certainly communicate using sound, but is that language? Bright colors can communicate ideas of “do not eat this” across species as well, but they wouldn’t fit my mental model of a language.

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        what is language than making sounds to convey meaning and then decoding said sounds to understand their meaning

        human language is incredibly complex but a bee just buzzing a particular buzz that means “bear nearby” counts as a valid form of linguistic communication imo