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by RC_ITR 1217 days ago
The universe contained exactly 0 words until humans created them, so if we are just stringing together words, then how did we make the words?
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> The universe contained exactly 0 words until humans created them,

Human words are one fork of the sound wave based communication systems that many animals on earth use. There was no distinct moment when we went from 0 to 1 words. There was no "first person to speak". We didn't make language. It emerged over time due to evolutionary pressures.