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Racer Multi (multiplex55)
Race Number 65
Date Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:07:26 +0000
Speed 79 WPM Try to beat?
Accuracy 97.7%
Rank 2nd place (out of 2)
Opponents dopedabest (1st place)

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In movies, communication with alien species is usually achieved by means of some amazing technology. Translations are fluid, immediate, and accurate. This idea rests on the false assumption that all languages have a simple conceptual foundation. But we know this is not the case, even in human societies. Languages are not based in universalities: they reflect national traditions, ethnocentric worldviews, the specific histories of their societies. Imagine, then, how many obstacles there will be to interspecies communication, when even the physical metaphors of life, and the species' sensory apparatus, differ. From the most complex to the simplest of our communicative acts, there will be endless opportunities for misinterpretation.
The Mountain in the Sea (book) by Ray Nayler (see stats)

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