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Yuri Knorozov, Soviet linguist who was instrumental in decoding Mayan script, holding his co-author, Asya, 1980s?
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and both of them are judging you
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2024
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He looks intense as fuck. The cat looks like they'd open the door high on catnip and invite you in for a glass of milk when you were just there to drop off the mail.
And I judge them back. You should not look like sour milk when getting a portrait!
He was just bummed they wouldn't give his cat a noble laureate for helping him realized language is also an expectation of received meaning and not just intended meaning.
This is actually his happy face.
Oh no
To honour his work, in Mérida, Yukatán, Mexico, a memorial has been erected modelled based on that photograph.
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What?!? Mexico has carbonite freezing technology? When did this happen?
Obviously George Lucas has licensed his patent to the Mexican government.
Aw, will to live empowered for another day after seeing the cat statue part.
And he was always fighting publishers to have her listed as co-author.
They both look like smart guys.
Clearly they have both learned things mankind was never meant to know.