Tag: linguistics
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The Copernican Oracle
Frans de Waal’s book Mama’s Last Hug (2019) is so far very good. It’s good not because I agree with him, but because he has the balls to take his viewpoint to its logical conclusions. Which is: if humans are just animals as he claims, then to attempt to differentiate ourselves is to engage in…
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A Simple Flowchart for Human Violence and Language
Object-based combat (OBC) (unique to humans) and the human phenotype both feed into the Merge Field of Combat. The Merge Field of Combat (Merge) is the shared moment of anticipation, which can last indefinitely and remains open before, during, and after combat due to the persistent and wildcard nature of OBC. Here, signals are tried,…