Quote by Joshua Foer

No one who set out to design a form of communication would ever end up with anything like English, Mandarin, or any of the more than six thousand languages spoken today.

No one who set out to design a form of communication would e

Summary

This quote suggests that if humans were consciously trying to create a language for communication, the languages we know today, such as English and Mandarin, would not have been the outcome. It implies that natural languages have evolved over time through diverse cultural, historical, and geographical influences, making them complex and distinct. The quote highlights the organic and diverse nature of languages, contrasting with the idea that they could have arisen from deliberate human design.

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Communication

By Joshua Foer

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