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“ While apes can learn sign language and communicate using it, they have never attempted to learn new knowledge by asking humans or other apes. They don't seem
by mrfusion 7y ago
“ While apes can learn sign language and communicate using it, they have never attempted to learn new knowledge by asking humans or other apes. They don't seem to realize that other entities can know things they don't. It's a concept that separates mankind from apes”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate_cognition#Asking_questions_and_giving_negative_answers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primate_cognition#Asking_que...
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoThis is something you see in reverse with toddlers, they think you know everything they do (or at least that's been my experience with my own kids) so if they saw something cool then they assume that you saw it too. My kids have gone through stages of assuming they now know everyhing, too. Fun.
- aaronchall 7y agoI think we frequently make the assumption that others know what we know unless we have evidence to the contrary.