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Feature Focus - Animacy

Feature Focus - Animacy

100k Q&A

100k Q&A

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  • @moon2fye704
    @moon2fye70418 минут бұрын

    Why did the plants only evolved on land

  • @danius_huganius
    @danius_huganius2 сағат бұрын

    ifadras sounds metal tho

  • @akanyetvenatod
    @akanyetvenatod7 сағат бұрын

    gg

  • @nikolaytsankov9066
    @nikolaytsankov9066Күн бұрын

    In Bulgarian we have thus funny tongue twister "Bil sum se bil napil i sum se bil bil" (I had gotten drunk and fought + doubt), where the word "bil" is used both to apply the doubt (to both having gotten drunk and having fought) ("bil" 2 and 3)AND to apply past perfect to the verb "to get drunk" ("bil 1") AND as a plain verb "to fight" (bil 4).

  • @jfitz6517
    @jfitz6517Күн бұрын

    Wow, with all the ground work you’ve laid in this series you could write several science fiction novels set on this world.

  • @pierogitozycie8426
    @pierogitozycie8426Күн бұрын

    I agree that anthropocentrism blurred the bigger picture bringing teleology into field that doesn't have immanent purpose. But I cannot escape the feeling you were trying to discredit anthropocentrism so hard, you've became biased yourself. Were the definitions you've provided us with the best? Or maybe the best suited to prove your point of view? Because I have doubts. 1) Sponges can be primitive AND have effective body plans. One doesn't exclude the other. Those are two separate categories. 2) I agree that sapience wasn't inevitable outcome of natural selection, but it doesn't imply that isn't special. Hawaii is one of the most beautiful places on Earth and fact that is a byproduct of volcanic activity doesn't change a thing. Same with sapience, it so special we have right to call it a pinnacle of evolution. It gave us opportunities unknown to other species. They are shaped by their enviroment while for us it's other way around. 3) Why should humans be the gold standard for what counts as sapient? Because we have only us? And I almost forgot, because we're sapient and can deduce what qualities are the most important for most efficient utilizing brain cells. 4) Yeah, elephants have way better spatial memory than humans, but this doesn't prove your point. Because yes, some animals are outperforming us is selected traits, but even you wouldn't consider them sophonts. So maybe this a clue that some qualities aren't so important in creating sapience? Because seriously, what use would have seeing more colors? Would it make us, I don't know, more capable of creating tools? No. For me the most important are creativity and reasoning. Are we the best in those two categories? Yes. And maybe that's a part of the answer? 5) So yeah, humans evolved a particular combination of traits and we're not max out in every one. But why every other combination doesn't produce a sophont? Even if species outperform us in more than one criteria? Maybe anthropocentrism was right after and by pure coincidence, but we've gain the set of qualities needed for sapience? And of course, we could still be sapient with, I don't know, better mental time travel and the rest intact, but for what use? Evolution is about optimizing so maybe we're as good here as we need to be. Isn't it called convergence? Why sharks, ichtiosauruses and dolphins looks so similar? They aren't even closely related. Well, second and third species evolved from land animals. So what the catch? It seems like being nimble aquatic creature has one optimal solution. Maybe it's the same with sapience? It seems really likely, because how could you create a civilizations having only flippers? So I personally would expect alien sophonts to be more like us that you thing. 6) So you're saying that only humans can reshape environment on a global scale, but beavers can build dams? Is only me or I see a huge gap in scale? And even termite's structures aren't comparable. Not only because of the innate nature of their constructions. Despite what you've said they couldn't be globe spanning. They're bound by environment. In many places it would be too cold, too warm, too sandy or too swampy for them. While human can adapt to almost anything. 7) Of course macaques, hyenas and elephants shows problem solving, but it makes them inteligent, but not sapient and I would disagree that the only difference is in scale. We're the only species capable of abstract thinking and reasoning. Basically we don't need to see the problem to solve it. 8) The term "obligative sapience" sounds almost like something bad and do we really need technology to survive? In some places like Iceland for sure it would be difficult, but if we would stayed in Africa we could live a life of steppe monkey like Australopithecus and our other ancestors. We have basically the same body plans, so if they would make it so do we. That would mean your distinction is incorrect. We choose inteligent life, not were forced to it. For sure calm habitat where everyday wasn't a struggle to survive jump started our rise, but we're civilization ready for a long time and the real issue. Not distinction between animal and human intelligence, because the line isn't that arbitrary as you said. We can find traits that only we have. But there's a catch. If aliens would visit Earth 10 thousands years ago they wouldn't see cities even if homo sapiens of that time were the same as us. We need to take into the account that scale needs time. 9) Many aspects of human biology are incidental holdovers of primate ancestry? Congrats, you've just described what preadaptations are. Yes, flexible arms and grabby hands are derived from arboreal lifestyle, but they are perfect for creating tools. Without them we couldn't build a civilization. Being a byproduct doesn't diminish cruciality. You cannot fly without wing and you cannot build without hands. So teleological thinking is right. Hands indeed may be mandatory. Snouts and beaks aren't even close in efficiency. 10) For real somebody pointed flat faces and lack of a tail as preadaptations? Or did you enlist every atavism that you recall? Anyway, alien sophont for sure could walk on all fours or even sixes, but it would need creative mind capable of abstract thinking and something analogous to our hands. 11) To be honest fact that every "facultatively sapient" you've brought up earlier aren't even remotely humanoid may indicate something opposite. Maybe they're not sophonts because they're not humanoid? Maybe prehistoric dolphins have bigger brain potential than our ancestors, but it's impossible to craft anything with reduced limbs so ultimatly they've stayed behind? 12) No, there are some counterexamples, but for sure not to every trend we observe. Instead of proving anthropocentrism is wrong, you should check what are human's unique traits and try to deduce why they might be mandatory. And one more thing, not about sapience. Are humans unusual for experiencing menopause? Consider that world's average lifespan doubled in hundred years. At the beginning of XX century it was 31-32, not it's 72-73. So our biology isn't prepared for reproducing in age of 50, because it didn't have to and menopause is a consequence of technology outrunning evolution.

  • @sakthivelr7787
    @sakthivelr7787Күн бұрын

    2:16 Boy is Paiyan not with n̥( n is dental and n̥ is retroflex) And it should be pārkkirāl̥ in the second sentence.

  • @Mythicsparks
    @MythicsparksКүн бұрын

    NO WAY ITS BACK

  • @cyborggaming2987
    @cyborggaming2987Күн бұрын

    Since most of the land on TIRA is in the southern hemisphere, they would most likely put south as the top of their maps, like we do with north. Therefore, a neotect map of earth would be upside down from our perspective. It would also mean that our map of TIRA would be upside down from their perspective.

  • @Seraiburchgamesandmore
    @Seraiburchgamesandmore2 күн бұрын

    ❤❤

  • @greenmario3011
    @greenmario30112 күн бұрын

    Trying to think of what condiments these guys would invent, the one I keep coming back to is soy sauce, fish sauce, oyster sauce, etc. Protein fragments and salt, two of the biggest flavor buttons that carnivores without sugar-sensing are likely to have in common with us.

  • @immagical7036
    @immagical70362 күн бұрын

    I love how these guys are basically evolving into space-spiders

  • @greenmario3011
    @greenmario30112 күн бұрын

    The issue with stopping here is that life on Earth is really old and even when mass extinctions wipe out most of the big fauna they leave the advanced biochemistry intact. This means the macromolecules (fats, proteins, carbohydrates, etc) that make up their bodies are probably a lot simpler and less well-protected than what people are used to. In short, most of these life-forms are probably delicious to humans. Historically a bad trait to have.

  • @MarySengendo
    @MarySengendo2 күн бұрын

    6.9k likes 😮

  • @Gianncarlo-gp2hf
    @Gianncarlo-gp2hf2 күн бұрын

    bro, I’m addicted to this playlist

  • @_teker
    @_teker2 күн бұрын

    "Conlang Showcase: Examplish" when?

  • @CaesarAnubis0858
    @CaesarAnubis08583 күн бұрын

    Honestly you sound like what I do to a degree... I can relate. 😅

  • @CaesarAnubis0858
    @CaesarAnubis08583 күн бұрын

    Tmw you go to Turkey 😂

  • @Moses_Caesar_Augustus
    @Moses_Caesar_Augustus3 күн бұрын

    Converbs have got to be the most useful feature for conlangs.

  • @_lolness_8880
    @_lolness_88803 күн бұрын

    This series is too good

  • @eddiebendigo7317
    @eddiebendigo73174 күн бұрын

    Is it weird that I enjoy watching these videos out of order?

  • @Alpha1918
    @Alpha19184 күн бұрын

    ITS HERE

  • @forest_fire959
    @forest_fire9594 күн бұрын

    Your name is the hardest thing to find I swear😭

  • @dabboi7350
    @dabboi73504 күн бұрын

    Hamilton's rule is rB > C, not rb -c > 0. C is also calculated by multiplying chance of death of altruist and amount of subsequent offspring of altruist

  • @Internet_Simian
    @Internet_Simian4 күн бұрын

    It's been amazing 5 years following this series. To think I found this at part 6 (part 8 at most) gives me lots of nostalgia. It required lots of patience as a watcher given the long waiting time between chapters, but It was worth it, since you and the community created a whole vibrant and alive world grounded enough to reality to feel plausible, but fantastic and creative enough to inspire other ones in this fandom. Fandom, who cares for sci-fi, worldbuilding, and spec-evo projects and maybe get inspired enough to create their own. Thanks Biblaridion. I'll await more content from the red and lush world of Tira in the future.

  • @Oera-B
    @Oera-B4 күн бұрын

    15:56 ...or sapient.

  • @Oera-B
    @Oera-B4 күн бұрын

    The only reason you needed to split sapience into two to include animals of lower order at all is because you were unable to provide a satisfactory answer. This does not imply at an arbitrary nature to the endeavor at all, but only at your own shortsightedness.

  • @Oera-B
    @Oera-B4 күн бұрын

    There is such a thing as a single characteristic that differentiates humans from all other animals, it is called reason. Look, I understand that you dislike "muh anthropocentrism" in old science, but ultimately? It is *RIGHT.*

  • @bloodypigeon
    @bloodypigeon4 күн бұрын

    Define reasoning as a category and lets see if it is only humans that have that.

  • @Draedoon
    @Draedoon3 күн бұрын

    bruh

  • @pierogitozycie8426
    @pierogitozycie8426Күн бұрын

    I had identical thoughts to you while watching this material. Author dislikes anthropocentrism as something biased so much that became biased himself. I'll write a bigger comment about this, because there's a lot to talk about. But long story short, arguments and definitions used here sounds like they were intentionally selected to prove his point.

  • @bloodypigeon
    @bloodypigeonКүн бұрын

    @@pierogitozycie8426 Biblaridion did make a community post regarding his bias, some weeks ago.

  • @pierogitozycie8426
    @pierogitozycie8426Күн бұрын

    ​@@bloodypigeon On KZread? Only post I can see is about racism allegations.

  • @Oera-B
    @Oera-B4 күн бұрын

    5:16 Because there are no other standards. The more important question is, why showcase misanthropy in everything breathing second of the video? This is what I do not understand.

  • @Oera-B
    @Oera-B4 күн бұрын

    5:13 Couldn't be otherwise, do you see any other species around categorizing as we do? This is the only definition, it must be comparable to human abilities because humans are the only known sapient species. Other species might categorize it however they want, but if serving to the exclusion of humans then it wouldn't be sapience, for that is the definition of sapience.

  • @Oera-B
    @Oera-B4 күн бұрын

    It's fundamentally important to recognize that sapience is in all ways the pinnacle of evolution, even if not guided or inevitable outcome of natural selection, which in fact makes it all the more special over other adaptations. Only sapience can downplay itself.

  • @bloodypigeon
    @bloodypigeon4 күн бұрын

    Define "all ways the pinnacle of evolution", please.

  • @Draedoon
    @Draedoon3 күн бұрын

    Nothing ever defined sapience as the pinnacle of evolution outside of the things evolution itself created, ergo anthroprocentrism, ergo it downplayed itself without you even intending it.

  • @Oera-B
    @Oera-B4 күн бұрын

    4:00 Then what is?

  • @VicMetEenK
    @VicMetEenK4 күн бұрын

    1:20 funny how I just had this problem. Tso bas tsa. Meaning: i am in. Tso: I Bas: in Tsa: am Its nearly impossible to pronounce bas and tsa after eachother. So i was going to do if there is an ts after an s it becomes s. Like this: Tso bas tsa --> Tso bas-sa.

  • @dariuszgaat5771
    @dariuszgaat57715 күн бұрын

    I'm a little disappointed that Biblaridion basically ignored the role of religion and ideology in netecton communities. Yuval Noah Harari believes that his success in taking over the world of Homo Sapiens was achieved thanks to the ability to create the so-called imagined realities. These imaginary worlds include all religious systems, but also nations, states, political ideologies, legal systems and even large corporations. In a word, the entire human world of ideas. Religious systems in particular, especially universalistic ones, were to play an important role in limiting intergroup aggression, overcoming the limitations resulting from Dunbar's Number and creating huge human societies. Harari claims that this is a purely human ability: only humans, of all creatures on earth, have such developed symbolic thinking that they can imagine things that do not physically exist in their environment. No other animals form multi-million-strong, complex societies of cooperating individuals who are not only closely related, but don't even know each other directly.

  • @Draedoon
    @Draedoon3 күн бұрын

    "No other animals form multi-million-strong, complex societies of cooperating individuals who are not only closely related, but don't even know each other directly." Ants & Termites: 👁👄👁

  • @dariuszgaat5771
    @dariuszgaat57713 күн бұрын

    @@Draedoon I probably didn't make myself clear, well English is not my native language. Well, my point is that only humans can create, through "imagined realities", a society of cooperating individuals who are neither related nor know each other directly. All other social animals must rely on either close kinship or good acquaintance with other individuals. Communities of termites and ants, for example, are simply huge families.

  • @WynnofThule
    @WynnofThule5 күн бұрын

    5:13 Didn't Linear A actually develop independently?

  • @Bear10174
    @Bear101745 күн бұрын

    Seems like im late to this oh well AMAZING SHOW. I found this because i like speculative Biology and now i know evolution like the back of my hand

  • @ChupacabraRex
    @ChupacabraRex5 күн бұрын

    FINALLY, YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG I'VE WAITED FOR THIS.

  • @bryantlee2810
    @bryantlee28105 күн бұрын

    8:00 In a future conlang i plan ti make, i am going to have it where it aspirates the preceding consonant so there is a phonemic distinction between aspirated and unaspirated obstruents

  • @nebulahawk5895
    @nebulahawk58956 күн бұрын

    Just here casually learning more about speciation and biomes than I ever did in school or college

  • @otherpatrickgill
    @otherpatrickgill6 күн бұрын

    legendary

  • @RULINCAO
    @RULINCAO6 күн бұрын

    btw atleast my dialect of mandarin says "clapping photos"(clap as in clapping hands)instead of shining photos.might be loaned because english has the word "snapshot"

  • @potatopigeon3810
    @potatopigeon38106 күн бұрын

    Hello fellow DM’s ! Here to confuse our players with totally different languages!! !

  • @insceldaron
    @insceldaron6 күн бұрын

    This is awesome. Awesome is the only word for it. Commenting for the algorithm, mostly, because this deserves all the love it can get

  • @EFFLUVIUMWRITING
    @EFFLUVIUMWRITING7 күн бұрын

    really really had no interest in that koala fact. the rest was great though

  • @user-gw1gk9qh9y
    @user-gw1gk9qh9y7 күн бұрын

    Your work is really fantastic . But I have a question why don' You make Any humanoid Species in this planet ?

  • @bloodypigeon
    @bloodypigeon7 күн бұрын

    Why should he had made humanoids?

  • @user-gw1gk9qh9y
    @user-gw1gk9qh9y6 күн бұрын

    @@bloodypigeon Just because of curiosity . I thought What if this planet Have Some humanoid creatures and how they will be look .

  • @EFFLUVIUMWRITING
    @EFFLUVIUMWRITING7 күн бұрын

    GLOBIDENS MENTION

  • @zix2421
    @zix24217 күн бұрын

    It’s one of the interests parts!

  • @lumwukfriendselectronicgam9754
    @lumwukfriendselectronicgam97548 күн бұрын

    when i heard sea pig i just instantly remembered them the childhood memories

  • @airyyyyyyyy
    @airyyyyyyyy8 күн бұрын

    One interesting thing is the thought of transmasculine Neotects. The idea that a "cisgender" female is a prodigy could lead to the idea of becoming a male shameful. It's a very interesting idea. In a more funny note, same-sex pairings would probably have the less dominant individual be pressured into a more masculine role. Two neotect men unable to romance each other because they're both waiting for the more dominant one to make a move. Pairings with a female would also have a new piece of conflict, that being if the female was born male (spider transphobia, perhaps).

  • @thomaswinwood
    @thomaswinwood8 күн бұрын

    Being the nerd I am I thought of the MTG colour pie. Aan is the parts of White oriented in the direction of Blue; stasis is easier to completely understand than something which is in a constant state of flux. Hlatikuulmak is most of Red. Nga'uri-thaal is most of Blue. Imunrakhar is the parts of White oriented in the direction of Green; both colours like the idea of hierarchy and think it's natural for one thing to be superior to another, although White considers hierarchy to be a social construct that must be upheld while Green thinks it's okay for an unnatural hierarchy to fall since the natural hierarchy will assert itself. Tsenkaras is most of Black with a little bit of Blue (specifically "regularity" - Black is okay with a fluctuating and chaotic system if it's ultimately still able to pull the strings). Mohayzu is the parts of Red not contained in Hlatikuulmak and the parts of Green not found in Virastir. Virastir is the parts of Black not found in Tsenkaras and the parts of Green not found in Mohayzu.