AllanCrossman comments on Open Thread: October 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AllanCrossman 02 October 2009 11:15:15AM *  4 points [-]

A lot of stick and stones civilizations that can read, are there?

Not yet.

Comment author: Jack 05 October 2009 11:48:18PM 1 point [-]

Is the likelihood that future sticks and stones civilizations will know how to read such that the first chapter doesn't need to be teaching them how to read the rest of the book? It seems to me that the probability a collapsed civilization is mostly illiterate is high enough to justify some kind of lexical key.