On 2019-07-19 21:33, John F Sowa wrote:
...
5. But human language is not perfect. Franz de Waal, for example,
said that chimpanzees understand human intentions more clearly
than most humans -- primarily because they are not deceived by
language.
...
This is often not the case, for example with those people with a
neurological condition whose "body language" comes over different, and
who have learned to choose their words. I think for example the 7% rule
decreed by the erstwhile "NLP specialists" is a bad one, which has led
to far less listening throughout society.
(Sadly a wide vocabulary can be regarded by certain professionals as
pathological. I know of such things through acquaintanceship &
observation merely.)
I think however this does NOT conflict with your well constructed and
deep point John AT ALL. The sort of things chimps are onto is probably
rather oriented to tea-time (writing that just gave me an appetite).
Have chimpanzees been observed, mixing with the neurodiverse by any
chance?
Thank you so much everyone for the stimulating debates (a suitable
paraphrase for "provoking"?)
Michael Mitchell
amateur philosopher (U.K.)
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