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 Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    711·
    11 months 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.

    • theherk@lemmy.worldEnglish
      662·
      11 months 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.

        • theherk@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          11 months 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.

          • SoleInvictus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            7·
            11 months 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.

          • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
            5·
            11 months 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.

            • theherk@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              11 months 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.

              • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
                5·
                11 months 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.

      • pigup@lemmy.worldEnglish
        92·
        11 months 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 Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        11 months ago

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