Humans Are Smart. Why Are Babies So Dumb?
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Published 2020-02-25
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The first thing a baby giraffe experiences after being born is a 2 meter fall straight down to the ground. But within an hour, it’s standing, walking, and nursing on its own. And a blue whale calf, after nearly a year growing inside mom, can swim to the surface moments after being born. Human babies on the other hand? We’re born unable to move or eat on our own, we can’t communicate or fully sense our world, and we leak EVERYWHERE. If humans are so smart, why are our babies so… un-smart? You may think it’s all about head size, but the real science is more complex.
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All Comments (21)
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Babies aren't really dumb, they're just not fully cooked. How cute is my guest star Leo? Leave him some baby love and tell him how good he did. Tweet me or tag me on Instagram when you share the video! @DrJoeHanson @okaytobesmart
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Animal offspring: programmed to be cautious and fearful of many things that can harm them. Human offsprings: zero caution, and actually believe they are invincible.
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“Why are babies so unsmart?”..... because nobody told them it’s okay to be smart.
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Baby: *is born * Also baby: i have a mouth, everything on sight is meant to be put in it.
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Baby humans: pathetic cry’s Baby turtles: on your feet brother we’re going
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Babies just haven't finished their software update yet.
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Baby giraffes: these hooves are made for walking, and that’s just what I’ll do Baby humans: that battery sure looks tasty
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" You give a Human baby to a pack of Chimps, it's not gonna end well" Tarzan has entered the chat
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Baby: “Your primitive tests are beneath me, peasant.”
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Im imagining the baby watching this 10 years from now 😂😂😂
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Humans: we bacame smart But at what cost? Cost: dumb babies
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Baby impala 1 hour out of the womb: Understands that lion or cheetah is a threat and runs for life. Human baby: GooGooGaGaa.. Takes almost an year or two just to stand up right.
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This baby seems surprisingly cooperative.
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In the first year of life, babies actually learn an enormous amount. If we're defining "smart" as current knowledge and skills, then they're low on the scale, but if we define it as "ability to learn" then they are off the charts.
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The way i see it our infants are almost like the larval stage of insects.
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"I like egg." - smart guy 2020
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Apart from the lack of discipline in babies that removed his focus away, it's incredible how the baby instantly identifies two opposite spectrums of a shape (the cylinder and circle) and tries to correlate them by putting the cylinder in the circle.
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"You give a human baby to a group of chimpanzees, it's not gonna end well." Tarzan: Am I a joke to you?
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Me: sees the title Me: Well I'm an adult now so why am I still dumb!?
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5:24 aww blushes t-thank you >w<
