Proponents of the Alphabet Effect believe that the development of phonetic writing (that is the alphabet) made a significant impact on Western thinking because it introduced the ability of taking an abstract idea and making it concrete. For example, the development of the alphabet made it possible to create and record laws. In this example the abstract is the idea of right and wrong. The Alphabet Effect caused these ideas to be formally written. This seems a bit far-fetched to me, but that's just my opinion!
@karenann Thanks Karenann! @dmariewms Thanks Marie- the wood pile is a constant source of photographs but who would have thought I'd find a Q there! @kerristephens Thanks Kerri!
Nice Q! I think being able to write things down did have big effects on civilisation, but I'm not sure exactly what effects or in what order. I think codifying laws, so they became absolute rather than personal must have had some impact...
@inertie Thanks Inertia! @alia_801 Thanks Alia- To me, the development of the alphabet seems more simply the need to communicate more than anything else, but I do see the impact. After I read the article about this I thought it made sense in many ways, but I wasn't convinced that this was the only reason writing was developed. But it is very interesting, indeed. @digitalrn Thanks Rick! Actually the hardest one to find so far has been R! And I finally found one yesterday! Phew!
@dmariewms Thanks Marie- the wood pile is a constant source of photographs but who would have thought I'd find a Q there!
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!
@alia_801 Thanks Alia- To me, the development of the alphabet seems more simply the need to communicate more than anything else, but I do see the impact. After I read the article about this I thought it made sense in many ways, but I wasn't convinced that this was the only reason writing was developed. But it is very interesting, indeed.
@digitalrn Thanks Rick! Actually the hardest one to find so far has been R! And I finally found one yesterday! Phew!