[MD] Zen

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Quoting Steven Peterson <stevenkpeterson at mac.com>:

> Hi Platt,
> 
>  Arlo:
> >> But, it makes soooo much more sense that there was this one lone man, 
> >> who just decided to invent language, and then went out and taught it 
> >> to others. Nevermind that if he had no language prior to inventing 
> >> language, how'd he do it? 
> 
> Platt:
> >The someone who was first pointed to a pig and said, "Ugu." The other fellow
> >pointed to the pig and said, "Ugu." From then on, when they wanted to think
> >pig, they thought "ugu." Is that hard for you to grasp?
> >
> 
> Steve:
> Which of these two people is the inventer of language?
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve

Hi Steve,

The one who was first. INVENT: "To produce (as something useful) for the FIRST
time through the use of the imagination or of ingenious thinking and experiment"
(Merrian-Webster) (Caps added)

Regards,
Platt
 




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