Raise a kid by machine, with physical needs provided for, and expose the kid to language using books, recordings, and video displays, but no interactive communication or contact with humans. After 20 years or so, see what the person is like
They’d probably be like the average less wrong commenter/singularitarian/transhumanist, so really no need to run this one.
They’d probably be like the average less wrong commenter/singularitarian/transhumanist, so really no need to run this one.
Before I spend a lot of time writing a response: Was this a joke?
So, one result of this experiment would be/is a significantly below average ability to distinguish humor from serious debate…
Or significantly below average ability to signal whether something is humorous or serious. ;)
What Adelene said. I’m afraid it isn’t very funny. :-)