A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being. (Daniel Dennett)

A child raised on a desert island, alone, without social interaction, without language, and thus lacking empathy, is still a sentient being.

Daniel Dennett

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