Were you aware of the new film "Project Nim"? It's the story of Nim Chimpsky, the chimpanzee who in the mid-1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. It doesn't go well...
(monkey painting by Allison Schulnik)
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Nim Chimpsky...
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3 comments:
Do you know the title of this picture?
And was the experiment an inspiration for this picture?
I believe we've demonstrated that apes are intelligent. There are other examples of chimpanzees who have learned sign language. But we need to beware of their ferocity, especially when they get older. I'm thinking of the berserker events that have happened with the incredible maimings of humans at the hands of these creatures.
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