Only questions

Muse #282 - deep pondering allowed

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Today I am going to leave you with only a bunch of questions related to a scenario. This wonderful introduction was an ice-breaker at the meetup session I attended a few months ago in August.

Suppose a group of infants were raised on a desert island and all basic needs were taken care of— they are well-fed, loved, and nurtured. But critically, let us assume that the infants would never:

- be exposed to adult humans

- hear a language 

- be exposed to numbers

- be tutored on moral values. 

Once they mature, do you think they would:

- Have any sense of numbers? 

- Favour “right” over “wrong”?

- Communicate using a system that resembles a human language?

- Have typical emotions?

Something to ponder about.