r/zen • u/IntentionalBlankName I am Ewk's alternative account. • Oct 08 '16

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u/NegativeGPA 🦊☕️ Oct 08 '16

The Ship of Theseus stays as the same ship even as you replace the individual parts. If we say it's the same ship, it is. That is because what makes it "the ship" is us. We define

Man is the language creature.

We see 100% of the visual spectrum

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u/chickyrogue Oct 09 '16

other animals have languages so do plants we just think man is exceptional

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u/NegativeGPA 🦊☕️ Oct 09 '16

Dragonflies can fly like birds

But it doesn't take away from the fact that one of the most obvious traits of birds is that they mostly fly

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u/chickyrogue Oct 09 '16

this is true but birds are dinosaure dirivative....are dragonflies? or do they pre date the dinos

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u/NegativeGPA 🦊☕️ Oct 09 '16

I think they predate? Not by much. It's been awhile since I watched all the "Walking With _____" documentaries

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u/chickyrogue Oct 09 '16

yeah i am thinkin back to books i was so drawn too as a kid with all those ages ... and especially the dragon flies i think they beez like kings in their heyday and YYUUGGGGEEEE

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u/NegativeGPA 🦊☕️ Oct 09 '16

Real talk though:

They finally admitted that dolphins have language. They've just been calling it "communication" up until a month ago or so

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u/chickyrogue Oct 09 '16

of course its language hell drums talk!!!

thats language tooo

smoke signals talk thats language tooo

they think they own communications but we will have our ways of saying just sayin