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		ambientenv on Oct 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scientists working to decode birdsong What if we don't spend the effort, time, and money to 'decode' birdsong? What if we don't feel the need to uncover such, to reinforce the human exceptionalism? What if it really wasn't meant for us to know? What if we simply just relaxed and immersed ourselves in the beauty of birdsong? Would we be somehow deprived?

shermantanktop on Oct 23, 2024 [–]

Some of us would be happier not knowing. Some of us would be happier knowing.

Maybe the trick is to be able to know, and then temporarily not know when that knowledge is harmful.

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