From: Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv,rec.arts.startrek.current,rec.arts.startrek.fandom,rec.arts.startrek.misc,rec.arts.sf.tv,can.arts.sf
Subject: Re: AI/LLM reviews of STNG - Darmok
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 04:30:49 -0400
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
> weberm@polaris.net delivered unto us this message:
>> thetruemelissa@gmail.com wrote:
>>> anim8rfsk@cox.net wrote:
>>>> You couldn?t possibly develop a language like that naturally. You'd
>>>> have to start with a real language and then change it just to be
>>>> annoying.
>>>
>>>I'm not so sure about "couldn't possibly." They would need to learn the
>>>stories somehow, but (according to the fan wiki) the official position
>>>is that they *mostly* speak in metaphor. Children presumably learn some
>>>basics in plainer language, which really should have been tried with
>>>Picard, but a highly metaphorical species might not have thought of it.
>>
>> It's been discussed before (and better), but you cannot have a language
>> that is _entirely_ memes.
>
>That's probably why the "mostly" part is in there.
It might as well be "entirely" if you're unable to explain the meme
you're using.