Researchers have identified new elements of whale vocalizations that they propose are analogous to human speech, including vowels and pitch.

Scientists Have Reported a Breakthrough In Understanding Whale Language::Researchers have identified new elements of whale vocalizations that they propose are analogous to human speech, including vowels and pitch.

  • Flying SquidEnglish
    71•1 year ago

    So what I’m hearing is they can literally talk to each other in a way that we do and we still kill them constantly.

    • @theherkEnglish
      66•1 year ago

      We kill humans constantly too, and we probably obliterated the rest of the hominins also. I’m just saying we have a chequered track record.

        • @theherkEnglish
          9•1 year ago

          While I always love a Mitchell and Webb reference, I can say I don’t think so. I think the book Humanity by Rutger Bregman is a good reminder that we are mostly good.

          • @SoleInvictusEnglish
            8•1 year ago

            Agreed. It’s just that it’s really easy for a small amount of people to do a lot of bad things. It’s hard to maintain, harder to build, and easy to destroy.

          • @[email protected]English
            4•1 year ago

            However take in context that it’s written by a human. Of course we will say we’re mostly good. If Pol Pot wrote a book about Pol Pot he’d probably say he was mostly good too.

            • @theherkEnglish
              3•1 year ago

              Well believe it or not the book isn’t one page whose entire contents read “We’re good”. It is a whole well reasoned length of prose supporting that with reason.

              • @[email protected]English
                4•1 year ago

                I understand but it’s written by us lol. Not that any other creature can write a book but consider the absurdity for a moment. We are saying we’re mostly good.

            • @theherkEnglish
              1•1 year ago

              Yep. Back left, trying hard not to sexualize Annie.

      • @pigupEnglish
        8•1 year ago

        I share this understanding with you and this is why I say that AI will absolutely kill us because that is what we would do. It’s trained on our data afterall.

      • Flying SquidEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        I guess, but it feels to me like wiping out a species close to our intelligence is worse that killing each other.