Right, but I’d say there’s two aspects to language:
Standardization. Different creatures need to agree on which sounds/symbols/etc. refer to what.
Complexity. The ability to express arbitrary thoughts.
And well, I’d say if 1) is given, that aids us. A cat purring means that cat is content. We don’t need to figure that out anew every time.
But 2) does not aid us. We should have an easier time understanding and responding to simpler thoughts than arbitrarily complex thoughts.
And yet, we’re going straight for arbitrary complexity, while we still have barriers with simple communication, like not even being able to purr back at cats.
Right, but I’d say there’s two aspects to language:
And well, I’d say if 1) is given, that aids us. A cat purring means that cat is content. We don’t need to figure that out anew every time.
But 2) does not aid us. We should have an easier time understanding and responding to simpler thoughts than arbitrarily complex thoughts.
And yet, we’re going straight for arbitrary complexity, while we still have barriers with simple communication, like not even being able to purr back at cats.