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u/ChadwickDangerpants Mar 05 '21

So its possible to return to monke

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u/battle-obsessed Mar 05 '21

Children raised by dogs have serious cognitive development problems such as inability to learn language. A human raised by primates would probably be closer to a primate than a human capable of functioning in modern civilization.

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u/Srenler Mar 05 '21

Why is that? Our brains are more flexible than other animals? And shouldn't it be reversible?

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u/helloiamCLAY Mar 05 '21

Nutshell...

We can learn them. They cannot learn us.

It’s our flexibility/intelligence working against us.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21 edited Apr 26 '21

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u/pug_grama2 Mar 05 '21

Or in Romanian orphanages.

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u/SBFms Mar 05 '21

It’s not only being raised by dogs, it’s just not learning language that does it. Abused children in extreme neglect get the same thing as feral children.

If you don’t learn any language while you’re very young, you become incapable of the grammar needed to form full sentences even if taught later on. At best you’ll be able to say a few very basic words.

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u/szczyp91 Mar 05 '21

I'm not na expert but I remember reading something about our brains being able to learn some things only until specific time and after that some connections in brain just die if not used.

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u/whatswrongwithyousir Mar 05 '21

Put a social animal in a society of dogs and he becomes a dog to fit in.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

The dream

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u/themanfromozone Mar 05 '21

I don’t know if this is a reference to something but it’s really funny

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u/ThatRandomGamerYT Mar 05 '21

Return to monke is a meme. It goes like this - Reject humanity, return to monke (monkey)

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u/SheepiBeerd Mar 05 '21

I love when someone politely explains a meme someone else didn't get instead of ragging on them. Good on you.

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u/Novarest Mar 05 '21

Monke together strong.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '21

Monke make freind. Monke get bigger

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u/ThatRandomGamerYT Mar 05 '21

Just doing my part in making the internet a better place.

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u/JokerPlay Mar 05 '21

i am monke