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Re:Recursive language and modern imagination acquired 70k ye... by xenadu02 on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @12:23PM (#20626628)
It is entirely possible the capacity for this existed but was not being used. That would explain why it spread so rapidly... perhaps most humans already had the capacity?
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Re:Recursive language and modern imagination acquired 70k ye... by pickdenis on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @12:50PM (#20626958)
I think it's implied that the capacity was there, just no impetus.
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