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i'm always fascinated by how some kids have better theory of mind than some adults. it's always funny because it's sort of unfinished/imperfect, but this gets completely lobotomized from a lot of people https://t.co/745SXKTiBe
would love to collect more egs of these https://t.co/4qPyTDLu87
i have like 5 different tweets over the years all talking about this same anecdote that I don't have a direct quote of... I seem to have lost my copy of the book, time to get a new one https://t.co/UmnsDJXPcn
a quick run-and-gun: 1. i remember reading some anecdotes about monkeys behaving in all sorts of nuanced ways socially that seemed to be more complex than how lots of contemporary people are capable of (via Dunbar's Gossip, Grooming and the Evolution of Language)