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Samurai Lizard
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Isn't language used to create the fictional?
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#14192 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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But didn't people make up language too?
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#14193 |
Samurai Lizard
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Wasn't language the result of the increase in the intelligence of humans?
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#14194 |
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
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Was language the cause of the increase in the intelligence of humans?
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#14195 |
Bah! Humbug!
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Is there any intelligence in humans?
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#14196 |
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Was language the cause of a reduction in the intelligence of humans?
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#14197 |
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Aren't we returning back to hieroglyphs and cuneiforms by excessively using emojis instead of text?
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#14198 |
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Did you know that all alphabets appear to be descended from a single origin?
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Samurai Lizard
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Isn't it true that, with one exception (a written language developed in Korea), aren't all alphabets descended from the same alphabet?
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Are you sure there's an exception?
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Wasn't that mentioned in an audiobook by Kevin Stroud, The History of The Alphabet?
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#14202 |
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Does any of this really matter?
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#14203 |
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Have you read the whole thread to check?
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The Couch Potato
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Who'll be responsible for the consequences of reading all the 14204 posts?
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#14205 |
Samurai Lizard
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How bad could it be to read the entire thread?
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