Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @ScienceAdvances study. https://t.co/pOjXZWzqOO https://t.co/VCikVxaxAc
Language-like efficiency in whale communication.
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Discussions use enthusiastic language, such as 'amazing research' and 'language-like efficiency,' indicating strong agreement and interest. Many posts mention legal principles like Menzerath's and Zipf's laws, showing engagement with the research details, and emphasize the groundbreaking nature of the findings, underlining their high impact.
Most discussions strongly support the idea that whale communication shows language-like efficiency, emphasizing the significance of the study.
Posts demonstrate high curiosity and enthusiasm for the findings, with multiple mentions of the study and related concepts.
While many comments show interest and support, some comments briefly mention the laws (Menzerath and Zipf) and the implications, indicating moderate depth.
The discussions highlight the potential revolutionary implications for understanding animal communication and language evolution, suggesting high significance.
Abstract in brief
- The study suggests that whale communication shares similarities with human language in being efficient, with whales often using shorter sounds within longer sequences and more common sounds being shorter, following principles like Menzeraths and Zipf's laws.
- Multiple whale species show evidence of these efficiency laws, sometimes even more prominently than in human languages, indicating that their vocalizations are optimized for effective communication.
- Throughout whale vocal sequences, there is a tendency to shorten sounds and pauses towards the end, suggesting an overall drive for compression and efficiency in their communication systems.]
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Most liked on X and BlueskyWhale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @ScienceAdvances study. https://t.co/xMojwmZvPJ https://t.co/z6XWrbWTW3
Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @ScienceAdvances study. https://t.co/xMojwmZvPJ https://t.co/ZZSUza70Of
Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?
クジラの仲間のうち,一部の種の発声に人間の言語で見られるのと同じ特徴がある,という報告が2月5日のScience誌に。この前紹介した「ジップの法則」の話とは別で,こちらは「メンツェラートの法則」に従っていた,という話です。ちょっと気になったので掘り下げます。 https://t.co/sJhLu4bMWV
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RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?
Congratulations to Mason Youngblood, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Computational Science, on his recent study about “language-like efficiency in whale communication.”
RT @con_nectinder: New research indicates that whale song can be as, or even more, efficient than human communication. Dive into the study…
New research indicates that whale song can be as, or even more, efficient than human communication. Dive into the study: https://t.co/KMyYjeq4vR https://t.co/mnLlQPeDgK
RT @DemuraMasaaki: クジラの仲間のうち,一部の種の発声に人間の言語で見られるのと同じ特徴がある,という報告が2月5日のScience誌に。この前紹介した「ジップの法則」の話とは別で,こちらは「メンツェラートの法則」に従っていた,という話です。ちょっと気になった…
Language-like efficiency in whale communication | Science Advances https://t.co/omln2Zxmky
RT @DemuraMasaaki: クジラの仲間のうち,一部の種の発声に人間の言語で見られるのと同じ特徴がある,という報告が2月5日のScience誌に。この前紹介した「ジップの法則」の話とは別で,こちらは「メンツェラートの法則」に従っていた,という話です。ちょっと気になった…
RT @DemuraMasaaki: クジラの仲間のうち,一部の種の発声に人間の言語で見られるのと同じ特徴がある,という報告が2月5日のScience誌に。この前紹介した「ジップの法則」の話とは別で,こちらは「メンツェラートの法則」に従っていた,という話です。ちょっと気になった…
RT @DemuraMasaaki: クジラの仲間のうち,一部の種の発声に人間の言語で見られるのと同じ特徴がある,という報告が2月5日のScience誌に。この前紹介した「ジップの法則」の話とは別で,こちらは「メンツェラートの法則」に従っていた,という話です。ちょっと気になった…
RT @DemuraMasaaki: クジラの仲間のうち,一部の種の発声に人間の言語で見られるのと同じ特徴がある,という報告が2月5日のScience誌に。この前紹介した「ジップの法則」の話とは別で,こちらは「メンツェラートの法則」に従っていた,という話です。ちょっと気になった…
クジラの仲間のうち,一部の種の発声に人間の言語で見られるのと同じ特徴がある,という報告が2月5日のScience誌に。この前紹介した「ジップの法則」の話とは別で,こちらは「メンツェラートの法則」に従っていた,という話です。ちょっと気になったので掘り下げます。 https://t.co/sJhLu4bMWV
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
Atès la llei de Menzerath i la llei de Zipf, comparant directament la força d'aquestes lleis en els cetacis amb les dades del llenguatge humà parlat, aquest estudi suggereix que l'eficiència vocal dels cetacis és "similar al llenguatge". https://t.co/Hgwb4GSisF
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @ScienceAdvances study. https://t.co/pOjXZWzqOO https://t.co/VCikVxaxAc
この法則に従うのはザトウクジラとシロナガスクジラだけで、人間の発声に見られる程度まで十分に法則に従うのはザトウクジラだけと分かりました。Science Advances誌https://t.co/lenMEuM2KK
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
Language-like efficiency in whale communication | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...?
Language-like efficiency in whale communication | Science Advances https://t.co/2clX5JleG5
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
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RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
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RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
Language-like efficiency in whale communication | Science Advances https://t.co/S81roEKQ6M
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @ScienceAdvances study. https://t.co/xMojwmZvPJ https://t.co/z6XWrbWTW3
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RT @alfonslopeztena: Language-like efficiency in whale communication — 2 hallmarks of efficiency, Menzerath’s law and Zipf’s law, predict t…
RT @alfonslopeztena: Language-like efficiency in whale communication — 2 hallmarks of efficiency, Menzerath’s law and Zipf’s law, predict t…
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Language-like efficiency in whale communication Science Advances https://t.co/8KWgGqS7oK
Language-like efficiency in whale communication Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New research finds whale vocal sequences follow both Menzerath’s law (longer phrases use shorter sounds) and Zipf’s law (frequent sounds are shorter) - patterns seen in human language. https://t.co/kYfiEcXGoi
RT @alfonslopeztena: Language-like efficiency in whale communication — 2 hallmarks of efficiency, Menzerath’s law and Zipf’s law, predict t…
Language-like efficiency in whale communication — 2 hallmarks of efficiency, Menzerath’s law and Zipf’s law, predict that longer sequences will consist of shorter elements and more frequent elements will be shorter. Evidence for both laws in cetaceans https://t.co/bbALg5hekZ
RT @1000genes: Un estudio sobre la vocalización del canto de las ballenas revela una eficiencia lingüística para comunicarse con precisión…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @1000genes: Un estudio sobre la vocalización del canto de las ballenas revela una eficiencia lingüística para comunicarse con precisión…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @1000genes: Un estudio sobre la vocalización del canto de las ballenas revela una eficiencia lingüística para comunicarse con precisión…
Un estudio sobre la vocalización del canto de las ballenas revela una eficiencia lingüística para comunicarse con precisión humana. Os dejo una preciosa grabación de cómo se comunican y el artículo científico que lo desentraña: https://t.co/akhA2ElDHW https://t.co/ZRLpjzfYRB
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
RT @ScienceMagazine: Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @Sci…
Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new @ScienceAdvances study. https://t.co/xMojwmZvPJ https://t.co/ZZSUza70Of
Language-like efficiency in whale communication | Science Advances https://t.co/XBO3P08cUj
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Language-like efficiency in whale communication | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
New research finds whale vocal sequences follow both Menzerath’s law (longer phrases use shorter sounds) and Zipf’s law (frequent sounds are shorter) - patterns seen in human language. https://t.co/DWuuuKoGjk
RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?
Whale song can be as efficient as—and, in some cases, more efficient than—human communication, according to a new study. https://t.co/BBHaCqIIz6 https://t.co/mdJUOo5n34
RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?
RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?
RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?
RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?
RT @therfer: Linguistic laws beyond human languages? Yes! It's exciting when hypotheses that we put forward years ago in my thesis with @r…
Linguistic laws beyond human languages? Yes! It's exciting when hypotheses that we put forward years ago in my thesis with @rferrericancho developed later with @ivangtorre and cols. are confirmed.
Language like efficiency in whale communication https://t.co/LO0vFuzB6Z
Language-like efficiency in whale communication www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Analyzed vocal sequences from 16 baleen & toothed whale species to look for Menzerath’s law & Zipf’s law of abbreviation -> that longer sequences consist of shorter elements & more frequent elements will be shorter
RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?
RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?
RT @MasYoungblood: Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?
Do whales optimize their vocalizations for efficiency, just like human language?
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