I'm glad there are still a few people willing to rigorously debunk junk, rather than giving in to feel-good vibes and narratives that provide click-bait and tabloid fodder. More skepticism, please.
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right, but its appropriately scaled for the fact that she was a primate. like how your kid's art likely sucks, but he still wins an award because he's 8 years old and its a noteworthy accomplishment in context. no need for anyone to write a takedown screed about that
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Asl is very hard! We should still be amazed the gorilla was able to learn any of it as well as it did. But it’s good to hear the truth. People should probably understand how difficult it really is anyway. It’s worth learning. I mastered the alphabet and a few main words n phrases
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There are border collies, which given hands instead of paws, would run circles around Koko.
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Without hands they’re just as impressive. Koko’s cool and all but collies put in work
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My first psych instructor was a trainer for Washoe with the Gardners @ Reno. I believed... until I became acquainted with BC's.pic.twitter.com/cEGJiaIKEj
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Herd dogs are some of the smartest creatures on the planet. They know they have a purpose
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Darn tootin" they do!. I believe they can conjugate verbs, and they can certainly spell such things as "walk", "frisbee", and "resistence".
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Bruh, Koko was a magical queen. Stop trying to fuck up her legacy.
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Lol do billy mays and michael Jackson play together in heaven/hell?
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They are having a dance-off in purgatory.
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Never believe everything you hear on the internet. -Abraham Lincoln
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Ditto -Rosa Parks
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Hater. Next, you’re going to tell us she never wrote haiku or Broadway musicals.
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Steven “buzzkill” Pinker. And here I thought he was all rose-coloured glasses and all.
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Ok, Lord Buzzkillington
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Nobody ever said Koko spoke ASL. She spoke GSL (Gorilla Sign Language). It’s modified. Regardless, koko’s words and emotions showed are obviously there and representative of her having a cognitive ability.
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