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Imagine if every word you thought could be heard by everyone around you. In this world, thinking would be the same as communicating. What would language—and society—be like?

This is exactly how the Trisolaran language works in The Three-Body Problem novels and TV show. In this video, we’ll explore how such a language would work.

0:00 Introduction
1:00 Lying & Other Primate Drama
5:12 Cultural Transmission
6:51 What we can learn from the Trisolarans

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📑 References
Cheney, Dorothy L. & Robert M. Seyfarth. 2007. Baboon metaphysics: The evolution of a social mind. University of Chicago Press.
Dunbar, Robin. 1996. Grooming, gossip and the evolution of language. Harvard University Press.
Johansson, Sverker. 2021. The dawn of language: How we came to talk. Quercus Publishing.
Kibrik, Andrej A. 2011. Reference in discourse (Oxford Studies in Typology & Linguistic Theory). Oxford University Press.

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