Comments | tachikhromatic: Spoken Word, and the Nature of Emotion

tachikhromatic

Spoken Word, and the Nature of Emotion

Dec 04, 2009 22:27

It's one of the seemingly universal truths of the human race than language plays a role in defining both cultural and thought-patterns as well as providing a means for expression. For this reason data-transfers that allow someone equipped with a cyberbrain or equivalent technology to impart knowledge directly have gained such popularity as ( Read more... )

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electroniccrane December 5 2009, 03:48:01 UTC

[This is going to be excruciating, isn't it?]

"All of tachikoma history" is less than 10 years.

tachikhromatic December 5 2009, 04:02:10 UTC

[Just a bit. Could be good for a few laughs, if you're drunk.]

I don't see the significance.

electroniccrane December 5 2009, 04:03:25 UTC

[Note to self: Be drunk for the big reveal.]

Never mind.

tachikhromatic December 5 2009, 04:05:09 UTC

[Musashi thinks about this for a loooooong minute, then tries the only solution it can think of]

I'm sorry.

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electronichound December 5 2009, 05:22:09 UTC

The subtleties of spoken word and physical representations of art cannot yet be wholly translated into a digital medium.

tachikhromatic December 5 2009, 05:34:17 UTC

That's true!

One of the others is very adamant on this topic. That one is always preaching about pet projects like this...Since I suddenly have a lot of free time again, now's as good a time as any to try and come to grips with its logic!

Why do you think it's possible that currently untranslatable modalities are like that?

electronichound December 5 2009, 05:50:02 UTC

I think that there are unknown factors involved in the appreciation of art.

tachikhromatic December 5 2009, 05:57:45 UTC

What do you mean? Can you give an example?

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