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Re:These dolphins talk to each other. Why do we insist it is... by cmdrfred on Thursday April 21, 2016 @11:47AM (#11543024)
How do we know that human infants don't respond that same way, for the same reason? Perhaps the voles reaction to heat signals a more sophisticated understanding in comparison to the child who cries regardless of temperature.
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Re:These dolphins talk to each other. Why do we insist it is... by true_religion on Friday April 22, 2016 @10:26AM (#11549428)
> How do we know that human infants don't respond that same way, for the same reason?

Infants are known to lack forward-planning, object permanence, and many many other indications of reasoning. I don't think it'd be wrong to say that they behave quite like little finite state machines.

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