Talk:What is language

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bullet list of things to work in somehow, maybe

  • Sign_language
  • Writing
  • Counting
    • rope knotting
    • semaphones and other signaling systems in technology or transportation
  • Printing
  • Braille
  • what the Buddha said about animals understand human gestures and intention from human voices (science now backs this up)
  • flowers signaling bees with pheromones
  • claims that language makes us crazy (from Taoism?); Gertrude Stein; Eckhart Tolle, etc.
  • smoke signals, bonfires, drumming, signaling
    • these were long distance communications systemms before we had technology for that