okay, meta-physical bewilderment aside, the origin of peoples is -not- abstractly equivalent to biological speciation. there is no language without hybridity, which seems a lot more significant than how the tree model was once used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybridity#In_linguistics …
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and yet, languages develop into recognizable independent units. so do peoples.
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that doesn't always happen, either. have you ever heard the question, "what's the difference between a dialect and a language"? there are many places where developing a unique idiolect is valued over linguistic homogeny. its only empires that want it so badly.
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sure. but we're not speaking German or Chinese.
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what point are you trying to make
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speciation is nebulous at various points, but it's still a very lively driving force, even at the most cultural of levels.
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speciation isn't the reason we're speaking english, colonialism is
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speciation is the reason English and German aren't the same thing.
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What on earth are you talking about? Not every variational factor can be talked about in terms of speciation. Moreover, what is important here is not the diversity of natural languages but the very internal logic-computational mechanics of language itself which is invariant.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza @cyborg_nomade and
Sure, languages require internal functional consistency, but so do organisms
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The criteria of such consistency are entirely different. Do you treat the consistency a a logical system the way you treat the consistency of a thermostat's response. Just because we use the word consistency colloquially doesn't make them same or even comparable.
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Replying to @NegarestaniReza @higherOrderNet and
why would you treat the consistency of a logical system like the consistency of a cybernetic system?
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