Big IF, indeed. I am reminded of something I wrote a few years ago, criticizing Elon Musk for saying that his neuralink would eliminate the need for spoken communication. https://medium.com/new-earth-consciousness/lets-play-match-game-76-what-elon-musk-says-about-neuralink-is-fill-in-the-blank-6d8df569418c Your piece is causing me revisit my criticism, somewhat. I felt that language would still be needed, but perhaps it's a different form of language.