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Or it could be that our entire concept of intelligence is wrong, because the very simple models we are given for of how it operates do not explain so much.
Like, in this 50%/50% model, how many of the children decided to use language to communicate, and how many communicated in dance?
This is a leading question and I am trying to not do that any more. The number is 0. I guess because language is a cultural layer on top of intelligence that is deeply rooted enough for us not to detect how significant it is. It is passed along to 100% - and yet feral children do not communicate this way*.
*No, from my Wikipedia gatherings on feral children, there aren't enough true and well-documented cases to draw any broad conclusions on how truly feral children think or operate.
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