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#268 — The Limits of Self-Knowledge

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Is There a Theory of Mind in Other Primates?

Renam: We still think other primates have a proper theory of mind. He says that in the past two or three years studies suggest chimpanzees can represent false beliefs, at least to the extent of being able to shift their gaze towards where the object is actually going to be. But so far at least, an i was reading a review on this recently from laury santos and colleagues,. There's quite a gulf. And this is not human adults. This is, as you say, kids age around four. So ye, remind me, i think we, while there's some possible basis for a very rudimentary theory of mind in other primates, and i think there's some something like

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