The Tower of Babel and Communication

ver involved merely vocal communication by humans in one or more languages. Communication is not simply limited to vocal or verbal, but is instead encompassed by a plethora of different means: verbal, vocal, visual, non-verbal and many more. Secondly, for the sake of this reading, communication when mentioned is defined as being "The impartation or exchanging of information." When something is being communicated, information of some kind is being imparted. If there is no information being imparted, there is no communication.
             Of all the various forms of communication, why elucidate on visual or pictorial miscommunication as opposed to something else? The answer is this: not only is it everywhere, but it's also a model for our perception (Jonas). Hans Jonas in his text, "The Nobility of Sight: A Study in the Phenomenological of the Senses" says that "Sight, in addition to furnishing the analogues for the intellectual upper structure, has tended to serve as the model of perception in general and thus as the measure of the other senses."
             Visual communication can take place in 3 steps: Seeing, Producing and Opinionating. These steps, happen within
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