Janel Comeau @VeryBadLlama

hey sorry I missed your text, I am processing a non-stop 24/7 onslaught of information with a brain designed to eat berries in a cave

  • Kbin_space_program@kbin.social
    422·
    9 months ago

    I like the Sir PTerry approach to that(to paraphrase):

    We’re trying to understand the universe with a brain and language designed to tell us what tree has the good fruit, and which one has the hungry jaguar.

    • samus12345@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      True enough regarding the brain, but language evolves a lot faster than brains do. It long ago grew past only being about survival.