Fifteen hundred years is ample time in which to lose mutual comprehension. Iceland was colonized by the Norwegians at the end of the ninth century AD. Today's Icelanders, with considerable effort, can understand people from the Scandinavian peninsula, but the Scandinavians hardly understand the Icelanders. A thousand years is the minimum time span for a language to change so much that it becomes incomprehensible.
Specific units - such as memes are intended to represent have meaning when there is essential discontinuity between categories. Such convenient disco… - Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Specific units - such as memes are intended to represent have meaning when there is essential discontinuity between categories. Such convenient disco…
- Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Mathematics may be the only exception in the sciences that leaves no room for skepicism. But, if mathematical results are exact as no empirical law c… - Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Mathematics may be the only exception in the sciences that leaves no room for skepicism. But, if mathematical results are exact as no empirical law c…
Fifteen hundred years is ample time in which to lose mutual comprehension. Iceland was colonized by the Norwegians at the end of the ninth century AD… - Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
Fifteen hundred years is ample time in which to lose mutual comprehension. Iceland was colonized by the Norwegians at the end of the ninth century AD…
We chose to do this work mathematically, which has the advantage of precision but is not always appreciated by readers. It is perhaps for this reason… - Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
We chose to do this work mathematically, which has the advantage of precision but is not always appreciated by readers. It is perhaps for this reason…
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