an on/off state at closest is code for a language; code itself is not language.
if on/off constitutes language, scientists would have to accept that a paramecium had language; they're resistant about acknowledging a chimp or parrot as having/being-able-to-use language.
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Date: 2008-03-26 03:04 pm (UTC)if on/off constitutes language, scientists would have to accept that a paramecium had language; they're resistant about acknowledging a chimp or parrot as having/being-able-to-use language.