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TED Talks: Apes That Write, Start Fires and Play Pac-Man
Savage-Rumbaugh asks whether uniquely human traits, and other animals' behaviors, are hardwired by species. Then she rolls a video that makes you think: maybe not. The bonobo apes she works with understand spoken English. One follows her instructions to take a cigarette lighter from her pocket and use it to start a fire. Bonobos are shown making tools, drawing symbols to communicate, and playing Pac-Man -- all tasks learned just by watching. Maybe it's not always biology that causes a species to act as it does, she suggests. Maybe it's cultural exposure to how things are done.
Apr 27, 2008 10:17 AM
Re: Apes That Write, Start Fires and Play Pac-Man
Wow.
Certainly in my top 3 favorite talks. This ape essentially just looks like a regular human male who hasn't shaved in a while.
Yet three quarters of the world's population are convinced that we are not apes? Ridiculous.
Certainly in my top 3 favorite talks. This ape essentially just looks like a regular human male who hasn't shaved in a while.
Yet three quarters of the world's population are convinced that we are not apes? Ridiculous.
By: Shiggety
Re: Apes That Write, Start Fires and Play Pac-Man
Of course we are not apes silly. God made man in his image. Otherwise we'd all be harry apes which is not a part of God's majestic plan. Only the Devil will try to lie to you and make you think you are an ape. It is in the Bible.
By: JesusIsLORD
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Wrong.
I talked to God this morning, he said that's not true at all.
I talked to God this morning, he said that's not true at all.
By: Shiggety
Re: Apes That Write, Start Fires and Play Pac-Man
I don't remember talking to you this morning, Shiggety....
By: arno666
Re: Apes That Write, Start Fires and Play Pac-Man
Amazing film.
Might I ask how the devil making me think i was once an ape changes whether God planned for me to be the way i am today or how i respond to the world around me or act? Whether I was always an man or once an ape or a bug I still love my fellow man and want to do what right. Our ancestory has nothing to do with that.
Might I ask how the devil making me think i was once an ape changes whether God planned for me to be the way i am today or how i respond to the world around me or act? Whether I was always an man or once an ape or a bug I still love my fellow man and want to do what right. Our ancestory has nothing to do with that.
By: chernabog
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I dont know, i mean its kind of like tricks cause they are watching people and and dod what they do. unlike some animals (like the crows who learn stuff on there own)
i think she's wrong, it is in our genes..
i think she's wrong, it is in our genes..
By: ADiSH
