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.

  • 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.