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Hari Tulsidas<p>Patañjali's Mahābhāṣya ("Great Commentary") delves into the intricacies of Pāṇini's grammar, addressing linguistic philosophy and semantics, and remains a cornerstone in the study of Sanskrit grammar. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LanguageWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageWeek</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SanskritGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanskritGrammar</span></a>​</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabhashya" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabhas</span><span class="invisible">hya</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī, composed around the 5th century BCE, is a pioneering work in linguistic analysis, systematically codifying Sanskrit grammar with approximately 4,000 concise rules. <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LanguageWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageWeek</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SanskritGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SanskritGrammar</span></a>​</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/ashtadhyayi/ashtadhyayi0/page/n13/mode/2up" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/ashtadhyay</span><span class="invisible">i/ashtadhyayi0/page/n13/mode/2up</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>Identical twins Matthew and Michael Youlden, fluent in 26 languages including one they invented as toddlers, exemplify the human capacity for linguistic creativity. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LanguageWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageWeek</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Polyglots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polyglots</span></a>​</p><p><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/10/27/lifestyle/twins-speak-26-languages-each-including-one-they-invited-as-toddlers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nypost.com/2024/10/27/lifestyl</span><span class="invisible">e/twins-speak-26-languages-each-including-one-they-invited-as-toddlers/</span></a>)</p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>The "Integration Hypothesis" posits that human language emerged rapidly through the combination of pre-existing cognitive systems, leading to the complex syntax we use today. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LanguageWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageWeek</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Syntax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syntax</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00564/full" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">frontiersin.org/journals/psych</span><span class="invisible">ology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00564/full</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>Studies on birdsong have revealed complex communication systems in avian species, offering parallels to human language development. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LanguageWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageWeek</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Birdsong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Birdsong</span></a>​</p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10/21/how-scientists-started-to-decode-birdsong" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newyorker.com/magazine/2024/10</span><span class="invisible">/21/how-scientists-started-to-decode-birdsong</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>Research suggests that language evolution shares features with biological evolution, offering insights into human history and cognitive development. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LanguageWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageWeek</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cognition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cognition</span></a></p><p><a href="https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-017-0405-3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/arti</span><span class="invisible">cles/10.1186/s12915-017-0405-3</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>Recent research reveals that humpback whale songs share structural patterns with human language, adhering to Zipf's law, which describes the frequency of word usage in human languages. This discovery suggests a convergent evolution of communication complexity between humans and whales, despite millions of years of evolutionary separation. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LanguageWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageWeek</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhaleSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhaleSong</span></a>​</p><p><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scientists-link-human-speech-whale-song-rqtwrgcds" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thetimes.co.uk/article/scienti</span><span class="invisible">sts-link-human-speech-whale-song-rqtwrgcds</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>Marmosets have been observed using specific vocal labels for individuals, a behavior once thought unique to humans, dolphins, and elephants. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LanguageWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageWeek</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Marmosets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marmosets</span></a>​</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/29/marmosets-behaviour-specific-names-study" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/2024/aug/29/marmosets-behaviour-specific-names-study</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>Neanderthals possessed the anatomical features necessary for speech, suggesting they had the capacity for complex language similar to modern humans. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LanguageWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageWeek</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Neanderthals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neanderthals</span></a>​</p><p><a href="https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/how-do-we-know-if-they-could-speak/#:~:text=The%20Neanderthal%20hyoid%20bone&amp;text=Its%20similarity%20to%20those%20of,capable%20of%20fully%20modern%20speech" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">australian.museum/learn/scienc</span><span class="invisible">e/human-evolution/how-do-we-know-if-they-could-speak/#:~:text=The%20Neanderthal%20hyoid%20bone&amp;text=Its%20similarity%20to%20those%20of,capable%20of%20fully%20modern%20speech</span></a>.</p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>The discovery of a 2nd century BC wine vessel with inscriptions hints at connections between the Basque and Iberian languages, shedding light on Europe's linguistic history. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LanguageWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageWeek</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Basque" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Basque</span></a></p><p>​<a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/wine-vessel-secrets-europe-oldest-language-basque-spain-vj6h7p3vl" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thetimes.co.uk/article/wine-ve</span><span class="invisible">ssel-secrets-europe-oldest-language-basque-spain-vj6h7p3vl</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>Recent studies suggest that human language evolution is intertwined with prosocial behavior, cognitive development, and collaboration. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LanguageWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageWeek</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a>​</p><p><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/ecology-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1004384/full" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">frontiersin.org/journals/ecolo</span><span class="invisible">gy-and-evolution/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1004384/full</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>7️⃣ A New Technosignature Hunt Begins <br>A fresh search of the Green Bank Telescope archive aims to find alien technosignatures in old data. Could our first contact already be hidden in past recordings? <br>📖 <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2412.05786" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/pdf/2412.05786</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BreakthroughListen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BreakthroughListen</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AliensWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AliensWeek</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>6️⃣ Are We Missing the Cosmic Signal? <br>Radio-based searches for alien intelligence have improved—but are we even listening the right way? This study reviews how far we've come—and what we still don’t know. <br>📖 <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm?abstractid=4708832" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.</span><span class="invisible">cfm?abstractid=4708832</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RadioAstronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RadioAstronomy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AliensWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AliensWeek</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>2️⃣ 60 Years of Silence? <br>After decades of searching, we still haven’t detected technosignatures from alien civilizations. Is the silence a statistical anomaly—or are we alone? This study models the probability of alien contact over time. <br>📖 <a href="https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/acc327/pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">iopscience.iop.org/article/10.</span><span class="invisible">3847/1538-3881/acc327/pdf</span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SETI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SETI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AliensWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AliensWeek</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>1️⃣ Habitable Worlds at Cosmic Dawn? <br>New research suggests habitable planets could have formed just 200M years after the Big Bang—meaning life may have had a head start long before Earth existed. Are we too late to join the conversation? <br>📖 <a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.08375" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/pdf/2501.08375</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Astrobiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrobiology</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AliensWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AliensWeek</span></a></p>
Hari Tulsidas<p>Yoga Vasistha: Are We Living a Nested Dream?</p><p>The Yoga Vasistha describes dreams within dreams, where waking life is just another illusion. Science agrees: reality is a simulation built by our minds. How deep does the dream go? <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PonderLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PonderLab</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Advaita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Advaita</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DreamTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DreamTheory</span></a><br>🔗 <a href="https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/yoga-vasistha-english/d/doc118096.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/yo</span><span class="invisible">ga-vasistha-english/d/doc118096.html</span></a></p>