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Fun fact (not really) about Nim: he and the other ASL chimps were HORRIBLY abused. Basically every single one of them.
And it was all for nothing, not a single bit of evidence shows that teaching chimps ASL worked and allowed any form of actual communication.
Yes, even Koko.
There is also a good You're Wrong About podcast episode on this.
Well, communication is definitely shown.
But... "speech", "language", "sentient thought"? That's the subjective bit, imo. Communication is easy.
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