Well, the cornerstone of civilization isn't language, it's science.
Read more Ian Donnelly QuotesFrom: Arrival
Despite knowing the journey... and where it leads... I embrace it... and I welcome every moment of it.
We're so bounded by time, by its order. But now I am not so sure I believe in beginnings and endings.
Like their ship or their bodies, their written language has no forward or backward direction. Linguists call this "nonlinear orthography," which raises the question, "Is this how they think?"