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Speechless on Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:56 pm

jesserevis

Joined: 01 Jul 2006
Posts: 27

I had a question to ask everyone, and I wasn't sure where to put it. So i placed it in the msot neutral place.

If someone were born into this world. But then instantly isolated and never taught anything. All they would have and know was themselves, but if they never learn a language. How would they construct thoughts in their heads?

Would it be completely visual thoughts or would they create their own methods?

I was thinking of this in relation to telepathy and psychokinesis. If they were never given the moral and cognitive barriers that we have, could they use these without any formal tehing of them. Like if you met the speechless young man/woman, would they just use telepathy to communicate because of them not ever using language. Not sure if it makes 100% sense but its fun to think about.
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Posted on Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:57 pm

infected

Joined: 28 Jun 2006
Posts: 104

Without anything to be concerned about, he would probably die Very Happy.

peace
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Posted on Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:22 pm

Apollo

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1589

well, sometime in the beginning of time, no one spoke and yet we still evolved into who we are today. Therefore they would have to be able to think.
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Posted on Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:24 pm

Rahmid

Joined: 14 Apr 2006
Posts: 739

In the 60's the US did an experement on a baby monkey involving that. He just didn't move, ever, unless he needed something, like milk. And then they threw him in with a bunch of other monkeys his age. When ever one got near him, he'd freak out and try to kill the thing. So probably a person would be a gibbering mess and violent.

Rahmid
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Posted on Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:42 pm

Elliptic

Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 199

What you are proposing is actually called "The Forbidden Experiment." The closest we can do to get answers are study feral children - and it is a fascinating study, one which I am very interested in.
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Posted on Wed Aug 02, 2006 11:02 pm

michellethemit

Joined: 13 Jan 2006
Posts: 161

Check out feral children on wikipedia. Some interesting, astonishing stuff to think about.
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Posted on Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:38 am

Ikthillion

Joined: 01 Aug 2006
Posts: 6

Other related questions would be: Would someone born without a sense (sight, hearing) still be able to recieve telepathic impressions in that format? Would they still be able to get the message but just convert it into something they can understand or would it not be understood at all?
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Posted on Thu Aug 03, 2006 3:46 am

JOHNNYBEGOOD

Joined: 17 Jul 2006
Posts: 354

http://www.feralchildren.com/en/index.php Laughing
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Re: Speechless on Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:19 am

ChorZ

Joined: 02 Aug 2006
Posts: 55

jesserevis wrote:
Like if you met the speechless young man/woman, would they just use telepathy to communicate because of them not ever using language.


Then what language would they use?
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Re: Speechless on Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:30 pm

Lucidess

Joined: 20 Apr 2006
Posts: 837

ChorZ wrote:
jesserevis wrote:
Like if you met the speechless young man/woman, would they just use telepathy to communicate because of them not ever using language.


Then what language would they use?
Anything but verbal XD! Think how caveman people were, they had emotions and body language, and thats probably what we used for a long time. I think it's:
7% verbal
23% emotional (the way you say things)
70% body language
someone correct me if i'm wrong, but you get the jist of it.
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Re: Speechless on Sun Aug 06, 2006 5:45 pm

Lleu

Joined: 29 Apr 2006
Posts: 153

[quote="ChorZ"][quote="jesserevis"]Like if you met the speechless young man/woman, would they just use telepathy to communicate because of them not ever using language.[/quote]

Then what language would they use?[/quote]

I never use words when I think. They're too faulty.
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