Re: Nostratic (was Re: Etymology of English 'black'), Tech, and Albic
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, June 10, 2004, 22:42 |
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On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 04:47:15PM -0500, Danny Wier wrote:
> the Techs actually are a race with
> psychic abilities, [...] Which
> makes me wonder if they need verbal communication at all;
It depends on how their telepathy works. It's highly possible that
raw thoughts are completely useless to anyone but yourself; language
provides a common framework to make thoughts comprehensible. It also
gives you a way to distill the important bits of what may be a
rather complex thought.
-Mark