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    Steve Miller
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    I’ve never heard of this.

    https://www.iflscience.com/almost-all-languages-appear-to-follow-zipfs-law-and-we-have-no-idea-why-76965

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      Mik
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      We’re the same basic species. It doesn’t surprise me to learn that languages construct in similar ways. We’re describing the same world.

      It would be interesting to to see if birdsong follows some version of Zipf’s Law.

      “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
      ― Douglas Adams

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