Entry 2
Hello, Mission Control!
It appears as though we were mistaken to think that the most POPULARLY spoken language was the same as the most spoken language; I know it makes no sense right now but let me explain:
It appears as though that the language that is most acceptable to communicate in is English, and not Mandarin. Our data IS correct; the language that is most spoken IS Mandarin, but this is solely because a large and only a single group of people seem to use it.
I know this still seems confusing, but bear with me; you may remember my previous post about how humans, though they all are the same biologically and anatomically, like to group themselves into different groups. Each group seems to have its own set of rules or basic guidelines within which the humans belonging to the group operate. These categories seem to be based on a lot of things---the colour of their exterior shells, for example (though calling it a 'shell' hardly captures it; it is very soft and quite honestly, serves absolutely nil protection from weapons and/or violence) or which territory (they call it a 'Country' or even a 'Kingdom') they're from.
Every country, kingdom, territory or whatever it is that you choose to call it, again seems to have it's own culture. They almost exclusively speak a certain language, decorate themselves in certain ways and perform rituals (some morose and respectful, others, colourful and loud) that seem to fully make sense only to those belonging to its culture!
However, saying that you won't find a particular human belonging to a particular territory, settled and living at a completely different territory, would be very, very wrong. The situation is complicated as of now, but like all even *slightly* advanced life forms, they have documented all of their movements.
I think.
Or maybe these stories of migration and nomadic living are popular legends passed on from the previous generation to the next, and they all individually CHOOSE where they wish to be from and likewise indulge in those cultures and rituals.
I have, for now, decided to use The Internet to learn as much about human history as possible. I don't know if learning their history would be of much use or not, seeing as how forgetful** these creatures are, and thus theoretically, won't act according to their past actions. But how does a life form adapt itself to think, if it can't remember?
Maybe that's why they've made such little scientific progress; because they simply lack the *individual* TIME to make more discoveries and inventions. They're so busy trying to bring change because they weren't comfortable with the previous change!***
I shall conduct a more thorough study an let you know, Mission Control.
Ah, yes. Mandarin.
Well:
It seems as though a territory, called The Democratic Republic of China, is the most populated; it thus has the most number of humans and they all speak the same language which is Mandarin. However, Mandarin is spoken almost EXCLUSIVELY in China. The language that every human ensures that it knows at least a little of, is English. Even the China Humans have learnt it. Thus, I shall report to you in English.
As a result, I have translated my previous entry to English as well.
I no longer feel edgy about not being able to form a more stable means of communication.
I figure that if you ran a search on any of the files or any sort of Database on Earth, at least ONE of the various results will point to this page. This page, one among trillions. Still, it shouldn't take long to find it.
**I would call them forgetful because everytime they wished for stability, they seem to have forgotten what they did the LAST time something was "stable." See Entry 4.
***See Entry 4.
Hello, Mission Control!
It appears as though we were mistaken to think that the most POPULARLY spoken language was the same as the most spoken language; I know it makes no sense right now but let me explain:
It appears as though that the language that is most acceptable to communicate in is English, and not Mandarin. Our data IS correct; the language that is most spoken IS Mandarin, but this is solely because a large and only a single group of people seem to use it.
Humans who solely speak Mandarin
I know this still seems confusing, but bear with me; you may remember my previous post about how humans, though they all are the same biologically and anatomically, like to group themselves into different groups. Each group seems to have its own set of rules or basic guidelines within which the humans belonging to the group operate. These categories seem to be based on a lot of things---the colour of their exterior shells, for example (though calling it a 'shell' hardly captures it; it is very soft and quite honestly, serves absolutely nil protection from weapons and/or violence) or which territory (they call it a 'Country' or even a 'Kingdom') they're from.
These are just the few of the "races" or "groups" that humans are categorized on;
the colour of their exterior shell.
Every country, kingdom, territory or whatever it is that you choose to call it, again seems to have it's own culture. They almost exclusively speak a certain language, decorate themselves in certain ways and perform rituals (some morose and respectful, others, colourful and loud) that seem to fully make sense only to those belonging to its culture!
The map of the Earth--each of these lines indicate the borders of every territory
The above picture is, of course, merely an art I found on The Internet (or The Great Database, as I like to call it) depicting the various ways in which humans decorate themselves in different territories across the Earth. This picture does not, obviously, cover all the territories of Earth, seeing as how there are 260 territories in total, out of which 6, are 'disputed'.
I think.
Or maybe these stories of migration and nomadic living are popular legends passed on from the previous generation to the next, and they all individually CHOOSE where they wish to be from and likewise indulge in those cultures and rituals.
I have, for now, decided to use The Internet to learn as much about human history as possible. I don't know if learning their history would be of much use or not, seeing as how forgetful** these creatures are, and thus theoretically, won't act according to their past actions. But how does a life form adapt itself to think, if it can't remember?
Maybe that's why they've made such little scientific progress; because they simply lack the *individual* TIME to make more discoveries and inventions. They're so busy trying to bring change because they weren't comfortable with the previous change!***
I shall conduct a more thorough study an let you know, Mission Control.
Ah, yes. Mandarin.
Well:
It seems as though a territory, called The Democratic Republic of China, is the most populated; it thus has the most number of humans and they all speak the same language which is Mandarin. However, Mandarin is spoken almost EXCLUSIVELY in China. The language that every human ensures that it knows at least a little of, is English. Even the China Humans have learnt it. Thus, I shall report to you in English.
As a result, I have translated my previous entry to English as well.
I no longer feel edgy about not being able to form a more stable means of communication.
I figure that if you ran a search on any of the files or any sort of Database on Earth, at least ONE of the various results will point to this page. This page, one among trillions. Still, it shouldn't take long to find it.
**I would call them forgetful because everytime they wished for stability, they seem to have forgotten what they did the LAST time something was "stable." See Entry 4.
***See Entry 4.
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