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Hardwired is the word you want. Learned is an ape showing another ape how to crack a nut with a rock.

The knock on nodding, shrugging, smiling, frowning, or raising an eyebrow (which I hear mentioned in the same group) has always been...

Rofl at the "Ernest Weiner" emoji.

My problem with it was the first story, that of the priest and cruciforms, was outstanding, but never got to that height again. I won't...

I've read the first few pages at least a dozen times and still can't get past it. I know it's supposed to be one of the great ones, but...

I like the woo-woo circle in your avatar. Which one is you?

Somehow I got through I Claudius and Claudius the God without forgetting who's who. Oh dear, you used MZB as an example.

A sad day in publishing history. It was on this day in 1468, a mere 558 years ago, that Johannes Gutenberg reached his epilog. He...

Considering truth is subjective and highly malleable, you're probably right about that.

Dunno. Who cares? (Someone is probably shrugging; no need to mention it.) Yes, of course. (Someone is probably nodding; no need to...

Like Catriona said, I only mention nodding or shrugging if it's necessary and that's rarely the case. I do have a character in one short...

maybe only use them when you want to indicate a pause between lines of dialogue, like someone is thinking of what to say

Well, I don't know what a lot is to you. Sometimes a situation or particular character calls for nonverbal communication, so shrugs and...

My blessed departed mother had a copy of Sun Signs, got right into it, told me I'm an Aquarius and said that explains everything...

I noticed there's a lot of nodding in my WIP. I read somewhere this is Bad. Thinking about it, seems I and everyone I talk to do a lot...