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Human is not the most efficient learner for walking. See other animals, e.g. deer or elephant, that walk straight after being born. Relevant since the discussio
by cgio 3y ago
Human is not the most efficient learner for walking. See other animals, e.g. deer or elephant, that walk straight after being born. Relevant since the discussion is not about human learning but animal learning in nature.
- jimbokun 3y agoIsn't that just biped vs quadruped difference in skill required to walk?
- notahacker 3y agoNope, puppies are walking within the first month of their life, a stage where human babies have barely any voluntary limb control and no apparent desire to move. The puppies are benefitting from a different type of "learning" process of course, in having genetic instincts tuned by many generations of ancestors who had good enough genetic wiring of motor capabilities and instincts sufficiently well attuned to their environments to survive. Humans have weaker priors and reach physical and mental maturity much more slowly but ultimately achieve greater mastery of their environment by learning it from first principles or communication with other humans (there may be a tradeoff, and of course humans are so good at protecting their young over years of infancy the early instincts aren't that important to retain)
- nine_k 3y agoIt's not just learning abilities. Human babies are born at a stage that would be considered premature for most mammals. Because of the limitations on the size of the head, they can't afford to develop enough in utero, like deer or even dolphins can.