Papa bull
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Re: Do chimps deserve the same basic rights as people?
I think it's moot point. You can teach a chimp sign language but that won't create larger brain capacities in their offspring, which would bring us right back to chimps being chimps and their natural state isn't one that enables or promotes society-wide education in their species. Teaching chimps sign language wouldn't have any appreciable affect on their genetic code. Not in the short term, anyway. Over many thousands of years and many hundreds of generations, maybe.
I think a relevant question would be: is it particularly smart to enact that kind of evolution onto chimpanzees? Another way to put it is, if they had a higher intelligence would we even want what they'd have to offer?
I think it's moot point. You can teach a chimp sign language but that won't create larger brain capacities in their offspring, which would bring us right back to chimps being chimps and their natural state isn't one that enables or promotes society-wide education in their species. Teaching chimps sign language wouldn't have any appreciable affect on their genetic code. Not in the short term, anyway. Over many thousands of years and many hundreds of generations, maybe.