disputable whether apes can't appreciate beauty

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pwokenyaw — 4/18/2008 6:10:13 PM (archived)

Jacob should try reading some transcripts of sign language conversations with chimps and gorillas.

Curiosity is clearly present in animals much less intelligent than apes, and I think it's just one jump from curiosity to aesthetic appreciation.

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Right on Flagstaff! - SteveS - 4/16/2008 11:25:14 PM
- It really looks like that - pb - 4/18/2008 8:25:41 AM
  - Yes. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/19/2008 6:06:59 AM
  - Lowell Took Apart telescope - carl - 4/18/2008 5:05:23 PM
    - :) :) :) - pb - 4/18/2008 6:12:42 PM
- That's awesomely beautiful. - Jacob - 4/17/2008 6:55:00 PM
  - Don't be so anthropocentric - nick hoffman - 4/18/2008 3:20:35 AM
    - disputable whether apes can't appreciate beauty - pwokenyaw - 4/18/2008 6:10:13 PM
    - Casn't you appreciate beauty for beauty's sake, Nick? (n/t) - Jacob - 4/18/2008 5:33:39 PM
  - re: Amazing - SteveS - 4/17/2008 10:03:30 PM
    - re: Amazing - Marcia - 4/18/2008 1:42:18 AM
      - re: Amazing - SteveS - 4/18/2008 2:55:37 AM

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