that’s the sound of our brains venting the thinking gas
Comment on Interspecies linguistics
Emmie@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Why do we use sound hmmm all over the world when thinking about something?
rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Dasus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
)Sign language is even more universal (early hominids def would’ve had signs before proper spoken language).
If I hold out my arm, my palm towards you, you’d probably know what I mean.
Like this.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
That you’re a
copbusinessman?Dasus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
flora_explora@beehaw.org 6 months ago
Maybe it also has to do with the human anatomy? Like, when people are thinking they probably have their mouth closed and maybe even purse their lips. The sound you can make in this pose is really just hmm I guess.
OK yeah, the next question would then be why we use certain facial expressions…
occhionaut@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Maybe its for a similar reason to why cats purr; vibration make brain feel different in a way that fascilitates thought?
source im fuckin g insame
Dasus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
G insame in the membrane