They could whisper directly in God's ear. Then he got tired of listening to their nonsense, so he made them short. And that's the story of the Tower Of Babel, which was the name of the giant who annoyed God the most.
This reminds me of a thought experiment: If you were asked too save all humanity by being sent back in time to the pre-historic era and asked to build one iPhone X, you get to keep all your knowledge (and books) but it has to built in 2 years or else all of humanity dies of.
Trying to think about how early humans thought is a fascinating, and daunting, process. One of my favorite quotes comes from Mary Catherine Bateson who says, ""Our species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories." Assuming metaphors are basically images, were their brains churning with metaphors or were they a quieter place? Did words streamline the process or just make it churn faster. I hope you keep this stream flowing, it makes me weary pondering it.
Those are excellent questions I certainly don't know the answer to, but I find them really fun (and useful) to consider!
I've found myself thinking through some pretty complex concepts from time to time, and not always by way of words. I have to then translate the conclusion into words to share with other folks, but these sorts of insights are few and far between. I imagine it was just the way folks thought back then. Fascinating.
Truly we stand on the shoulders of our ancestors, who were giants!
They were so tall, they did not need words and numbers.
They could whisper directly in God's ear. Then he got tired of listening to their nonsense, so he made them short. And that's the story of the Tower Of Babel, which was the name of the giant who annoyed God the most.
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This reminds me of a thought experiment: If you were asked too save all humanity by being sent back in time to the pre-historic era and asked to build one iPhone X, you get to keep all your knowledge (and books) but it has to built in 2 years or else all of humanity dies of.
Would you take it?
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Trying to think about how early humans thought is a fascinating, and daunting, process. One of my favorite quotes comes from Mary Catherine Bateson who says, ""Our species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories." Assuming metaphors are basically images, were their brains churning with metaphors or were they a quieter place? Did words streamline the process or just make it churn faster. I hope you keep this stream flowing, it makes me weary pondering it.
Those are excellent questions I certainly don't know the answer to, but I find them really fun (and useful) to consider!
I've found myself thinking through some pretty complex concepts from time to time, and not always by way of words. I have to then translate the conclusion into words to share with other folks, but these sorts of insights are few and far between. I imagine it was just the way folks thought back then. Fascinating.