Children learn. Animals learn. Adults learn.
But how?
Present someone (a child, a chimp, or an adult), with a new toy, let’s say it’s from outer space…an alien toy, and watch what he does.
It looks odd to him.
He stares at it, and then approaches cautiously.
He may touch it, poke around on it, and perhaps smell it. He might even rub it on his face, give it a squeeze, toss it around…
And then, when he does something, like make a sound, he discovers that it repeats the sound. It’s funny. He likes it.
What does he do?
He does it again.
He makes a sound. It makes a sound. He makes two sounds. It makes two sounds. He shouts, it shouts.
That’s how we creatures learn. We…
- Observe
- Examine
- Interact or attempt
