RE: virus: Second Class Netzizens
MarXidad (marxidad@idirect.com)
Thu, 12 Mar 1998 19:34:53 -0500
Keep Talking is the name of one of (the post-Rogers) Pink Floyd's singles
from the Division Bell CD. It starts with Stephen Hawking saying, "For
millions of years mankind lived just like animals. Then something happened
which unleashed the power of our imagination
We learned to talk." The lyrics themselves have to do with communication
(of feelings) and it touches on the articulation aspect.
Most people don't realize how important language actually is and they take
it for granted. Even when thinking to themselves, thinking in English (or
whatever language) seems innate, but how did people think before the onset
of the spoken word? Even in reading and writing, we sort of convert
orthography into mental phonetics, pronouncing words the same way we'd
speak them out loud. I'd say that language has had as much of an impact on
how we communicate with ourselves as it has on interpersonal communication.
Knowledge is power, but it's harnessed and attained by means of language.
Mark
"May absolutely increased ignorance flourish
with relatively increased knowledge."
-Stephen Jay Gould