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by Anotheroneagain 500 days ago
>We should use chimpanzees

Why should we use anything at all? Aren't we people ourselves, who, you know, behave like people, without being taught how?

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>behave like people, without being taught how

Ok, what does this mean when pretty much all people are taught to be people by the generations before them?

We throw out a number of feral children and see how they grow up in the wilds? Doesn't sound very ethical.

> Why should we use anything at all?

Same reason we play with models: it’s easier to understand through analogy, with the familiar cast unfamiliarly.