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[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Fun fact (not really) about Nim: he and the other ASL chimps were HORRIBLY abused. Basically every single one of them.

And it was all for nothing, not a single bit of evidence shows that teaching chimps ASL worked and allowed any form of actual communication.

Yes, even Koko.

https://youtu.be/e7wFotDKEF4

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

There is also a good You're Wrong About podcast episode on this.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Well, communication is definitely shown.

But... "speech", "language", "sentient thought"? That's the subjective bit, imo. Communication is easy.