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Re: Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs

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Post by mcswell » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 10:03 PM UTC

truhistory wrote: post #6

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I think some responders have been misled here, falling victim to Poe's Law. Because you are joking, right? Right?

Re: Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs

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Post by truhistory » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 10:06 PM UTC

baxtr wrote: post #10

truhistory wrote: post #6

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Created two new accounts to push your narrative?

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Re: Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs

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Post by CupricTea » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC

truhistory wrote: post #12

baxtr wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Created two new accounts to push your narrative?

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Artifacts from 700kya were not left by anatomically modern humans.

Re: Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs

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Post by WalterBright » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 10:08 PM UTC

They could also be simply idle doodling or decorations.

Re: Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs

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Post by lovich » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC

truhistory wrote: post #12

baxtr wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Created two new accounts to push your narrative?

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Oh good, is Jesus part of this narrative too I assume given the 2000 years reference?

Edit: he deleted his comments, he mentioned something about a Waterford axe and every conflict for the past 2000 years being to hide this information. Also something about going to war for gods

Re: Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs

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Post by bryanlarsen » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 10:11 PM UTC

WalterBright wrote: post #14

They could also be simply idle doodling or decorations.

Too bad we don't have a paper that applies information theory techniques to answer that question. Oh wait...

Re: Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs

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Post by iberator » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 10:38 PM UTC

Ha! And someone today at HN laughed at the research of monkeys playing with crystals...

Maybe one day we could communicate with monkeys with marbles and crystals and stuff as SIGN language.

Imagine monkey soldiers becoming reality in AI WARS.

Re: Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs

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Post by WalterBright » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC

bryanlarsen wrote: post #16

WalterBright wrote: post #14

They could also be simply idle doodling or decorations.

Too bad we don't have a paper that applies information theory techniques to answer that question. Oh wait...

I remain skeptical. Pictures in clouds.

Re: Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs

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Post by citizenpaul » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 10:50 PM UTC

iberator wrote: post #17

Ha! And someone today at HN laughed at the research of monkeys playing with crystals... Maybe one day we could communicate with monkeys with marbles and crystals and stuff as SIGN language. Imagine monkey soldiers becoming reality in AI WARS.

Sorry to be the wet blanket. However research on monkeys/apes has for the most part proven that their intelligence is at a dead end and never can progress past what is basically around human 2yo level.

Re: Humans 40k yrs ago developed a system of conventional signs

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Post by keeganpoppen » Wed, Mar 04, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC

citizenpaul wrote: post #19

iberator wrote: post #17

Ha! And someone today at HN laughed at the research of monkeys playing with crystals... Maybe one day we could communicate with monkeys with marbles and crystals and stuff as SIGN language. Imagine monkey soldiers becoming reality in AI WARS.

Sorry to be the wet blanket. However research on monkeys/apes has for the most part proven that their intelligence is at a dead end and never can progress past what is basically around human 2yo level.

well that surely seems to be empirically true...