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Conor Russell's avatar

Interesting point about the guy who forgot all about his time with the bears: apparently this was used to found a theory that language and memory are joined at the hip. So by learning language, the way the guy retained and recalled memories was formed by language, and thus any non-language memories rendered inaccessible. No idea if thats true but its a theory as to why no one really remembers their childhood.

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Rabbit Cavern's avatar

This is fascinating, thank you for sharing Conor

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Sandra Hardie's avatar

Maybe some of us acquire language earlier than others. I remember a whole lot of my early childhood.

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The Antifascist Floating Frog's avatar

I like some of the nerdy big-brain articles that adorn this platform. But it's nice to have a break from that every once in a while, and stop thinking about philosophy and politics, and come here.

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Rabbit Cavern's avatar

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoy!

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Sandra Hardie's avatar

Sounds better than current human society. Wonder if any of them adopt 82-year-olds??

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fable's avatar

i was raised by rats. i am now the giant rat that makes all of the rules

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Rabbit Cavern's avatar

Grateful to have your support, giant decision-maker rat

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fable's avatar

and you shall have it forever so long as i can nibble at your shins more regularly than occasionally

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PsyXe's avatar

I hate the way humans treat these people 😭

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Rabbit Cavern's avatar

Yeah it’s pretty nasty, really showing off the worst of the human race

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