alina@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoTo independently invent the concept of writing in which sounds are encoded into symbols from which an infinite number of words can be assembled, you must be a geniusmessage-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down19
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareTo independently invent the concept of writing in which sounds are encoded into symbols from which an infinite number of words can be assembled, you must be a geniusalina@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoIndeed, but he understood the concept of writing already, and several existing scripts (besides Chinese) were known to him and his court, so he could consciously take those ideas and work with them.
Indeed, but he understood the concept of writing already, and several existing scripts (besides Chinese) were known to him and his court, so he could consciously take those ideas and work with them.