I don’t buy this. My child communicates with me using emotion and other cues because she can’t speak yet. I don’t know much about early humans or other sapiens but I imagine they communicated long before complex language evolved. These other means of communication are not second order, they are first order.
Yep agree with the core of what you are saying.
Children are exceptional at being immediate, being present in the moment.
It's through learning language that we forget about reality and replace it with concepts.
Also remember the "emotions" and "cues" you are recognizing are linguistic concepts you've adopted, and not an inherent aspect of reality.
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