On a Field Trip to a Primate Language Lab,you Get

question 141

Multiple Choice

On a field trip to a primate language lab,you get to see Kinko,a chimp who has learned 250 signs.The researcher says that Kinko really does understand language in the same way that humans do.What do you say about that?

• A) You disagree-primates like Kinko have learned to imitate or respond to cues from their human teachers.
• B) You disagree-no primates have ever been taught to use that many signs.
• C) You agree-it is a well-established scientific fact.
• D) You agree-but would add that no one really knows how humans understand language.

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Delusion

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