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[percy-l] End of homo loquens?

From: Marcus Smith <marcus AT loyno.edu>
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Subject: [percy-l] End of homo loquens?
Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 09:20:35 -0500

Elon Musk says speech and human language in final years.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/elon-musk-joe-rogan-podcast-language-neuralink-grimes-baby-a9506451.html

Musk seems as big a narcissist as Trump, but Percy would have read the article and had something to say. Can’t begin to guess what he would have said.

Why do I recall Umberto Eco’s definition of the “sign”? Anything that can be used to tell a lie.

[percy-l] End of homo loquens?, Marcus Smith, 05/10/2020
- Re: [percy-l] End of homo loquens?, honeyjbc1 ., 05/10/2020
  - Re: [percy-l] End of homo loquens?, Charles Lowry, 05/10/2020
    - Re: [percy-l] End of homo loquens?, honeyjbc1 ., 05/10/2020
  - Re: [percy-l] End of homo loquens?, hebrunson, 05/10/2020
- Re: [percy-l] End of homo loquens?, Ken Armstrong, 05/10/2020