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Two-time Prometheus award-winning hard science fiction author. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JPPMS6  Learn how to homestead https://www.amazon.com/dp/B093BC3K1T 

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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2021

      9/ (c) could, if their conlang had words for colors they can't see, repurpose those words for other purpose. Of course, since we're talking about perceptual space, we also need to address the fact that humans have ~ 5 M smell receptor cells while dogs have ~300 M

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2021

      10/ so it's not just that a "red letter day" might be a "bright letter day", but that it could perhaps be a "fresh cut grass day" ...or maybe there'd be a ton more nuance than that "fresh cut Timothy Grass with hints of clover after rain" day

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2021

      11/ the list of linguistic textbooks I'm using as I dig into a constructed language is pretty straightforward and about what you'd guess with a bit of googling, but I'm finding that wine making books are a very good tool for thinking about smells ; oneophiles have done much work

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2021

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      12/ The novels only mention it a bit the prequel short story The Team gives more information https://www.amazon.com/Team-Aristillus-Travis-J-Corcoran/dp/1709959991/ … https://twitter.com/mattbramanti/status/1437390461925306372 …

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2021

      13/ also, there is a tiny tiny Easter egg buried in the early part of the 2nd novel, IIRC, where the flood of Earth refugees is arriving at Aristillus that suggests that the dogs are, through cutouts, trying to hire genetic engineers with expertise on eyespic.twitter.com/reDcv0VEIg

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted N. Bourbaki, Roscoe Filburn Respecter

      14/ yeshttps://twitter.com/d08890/status/1437388281298264075 …

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      N. Bourbaki, Roscoe Filburn Respecter @d08890
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      see also: the description of ravens in norse mythology (again) you might think the obvious choice for describing them is ``svartr'' (black) but they are sometimes described as ``blár'' (blue/black), for perhaps the obvious reason: ravens look blue in strong sunlight
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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted Red Headed Steppeson

      15/ Aristillus 3 and 4 spoilers: the two phyles of dogs, which split after the Discord (off screen post book-2) call themselves Blues and Oranges.https://twitter.com/TheLumpenprole/status/1437387673119961094 …

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      Red Headed Steppeson @TheLumpenprole
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      Truly blue and orange morality
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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted AngelsWalk!

      16/https://twitter.com/LAWGermany/status/1437393918723858434 …

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      AngelsWalk! @LAWGermany
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      Books on ancient scents, perfume history, they have amazing words, and recipes for what they mix to attain their perfumes. A dog could detect every ingredient, whereas we'd smell the blend, but not be certain what was added. It fascinates me, (can ya tell?)
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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2021

      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs Retweeted The Bicoloured-Python-Rock-Snake

      17/ also, obligatory shout out to "A Deepness in the Sky" where Vinge had a very quick passing reference to the Spider's having a color called "plaid" which packed so much into one word >>>https://twitter.com/pythonrocksnake/status/1437399518568398853 …

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      The Bicoloured-Python-Rock-Snake @pythonrocksnake
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      "Gold" and "silver" crayons, which are a bit sparkly, are a good example for explaining how differentiation of specular effects works. There's a flat warm yellow hue that sometimes gets called gold even if it's not shiny, but flat silver is just gray.
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    10. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2021

      18/ The implication, to my mind, was some sort of incomplete-sensor-fusion effect, off in the direction of human perceptions of "impossible" or "chimerical" colorshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impossible_color …

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 13 Sep 2021

      19/ LOL, damnit, the "impossible color" wiki article references the Vinge book I mentioned!

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