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Linguists often balk at the idea that all languages came from one. Globally recognized vocal sounds may say more than we think.

A pause in communication helps other fish better internalize important information.

>> not me. it was not me, but you. him. >> so some poor guy in his audience waited in line outdoors in michigan in december to support the president. he gets inside. the president points at him and says, this guy destroys toilets. >> colin jost, who went to harvard university, by the way, taking on donald trump. as you may know, this riff the president does on toilets goes back to something he must know about the new plumbing standards at tank sizes. that has become flushing 10 to 15 times, which strikes me would call up the need for a doctor more than a plumber perhaps. >> usually, yes. >> bu...

>> him. >> so some poor guy in his audience waited in line outdoors in michigan in december to support the president. he gets inside, the president points at him and says this guy destroys toilets. >> colin jost who went to harvard university by the way taking on donald trump. this riff the president does on toilets goes back to something he must know about the new plumbing standards and tank sizes. that has become flushing 10 to 15 times, which strikes me would call up the need for a doctor more than a plumber perhaps. >> usually, yes. >> but what about his control verbally over a crowd that ...

President of the united states is able to speak to so many people at once. it is such an incredibly powerful position. but then to have over 60 million followers on twitter to have u.s. state-funded media at their disposal as well and deep budgets in the state department to push media around the world, we have to be deeply concerned about the ability to control public opinion and also some of the messages, again, that the president is deciding to push out there. >> talk to me about the data that social media and internet companies possess. as a researcher, is it your sense that that data could...