2007-09-04 17:15:11 · 14 answers · asked by Giggle Bear 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
lets say a robot would give him food
2007-09-04 17:22:28 · update #1
His life would not be very long.
Seriously, a baby has a need for nurture and physical contact, as well as food and water, without which he would die. There are cases where a human infant has been brought up by other animals, but these substituted for the "mother love" it was missing.
Plato had something to say about people who were kept in a cave for their lives and what was their reality, but they at least shared some companionship.
2007-09-04 17:23:37 · answer #1 · answered by aboukir200 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
there is a close example to it. some decades ago there was a case of a girl called jenny. she had been kept isolated in her room for thirteen years of her life by her family. she ws only given food twice. and whenever her family entered the room they never talked to her only made grunting sounds. when she ws found she was put under expert psychological care though she showed some development but could never go beyond speaking few simple words. sentences were all broken. this is what will happen. she was like a animal. thats what will happen.ofcourse if there will be zero human contact it will be something worse than that. but you get the trend.
2007-09-05 07:03:09 · answer #2 · answered by tony 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would be seriously demented.
They put a baby monkey in a cell and gave it a fur covered 'mom' that it sought out for love and affection. It was a sad little monkey compared to ones that got real mothers.
Worse are the true stories from third world countries where orphaned babies got very little human contact. They have massive psychological problems.
That baby wouldn't live a happy life. It would have serious psychological problems.
How would you even propose no human contact and at the same time, get it fed and cleaned?
Oh, and prisoners who are isolated, get seriously demented.
Why do you think God made Eve? ;)
2007-09-05 00:28:32 · answer #3 · answered by karen 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Could not speak or use gestures, would often sit and rock to comfort themselves, would not know hygience, body care, no eye contact, no social skills, etc..
Look up some topics in the psychology field about "wild child". These were kids deprived of much human contact for some time in early development.
2007-09-05 00:26:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
for one thing they would never be able to talk. this has actuallym happened before to a girl called Genie whose parents belonged to an odd cult and they thought she was retarded and so locked her away from the world, pasing food under the door, never talking to her or showing love of any kind. one day something happened in which she was seen by other people and brought to the attention of auhorites. attempts to teach her language have failed, and if she wasn't reterded when she was born, she certainly was now. sad story.
2007-09-05 00:56:37 · answer #5 · answered by Jeno 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
if you are seriously interested read book(s) about feral children. believe it or not, someone actually did that experiment, years ago. he thought the kid would speak Hebrew! what really happens... they wont learn to talk, they will be really screwed up, and if you know of anyone who is trying this (i know you wouldn't) report them immediately! they should be shot, or at least get life, in a tiny little cell.
2007-09-05 13:19:10 · answer #6 · answered by deva 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
considering the "U" had a soul and could refrain from no contact with said baby, the baby would die from lack of food and water.
2007-09-05 00:36:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I guess that baby will die soon, cause new born baby and toddler always need gentle caress from their mother to feel warm and secure and protected.
2007-09-05 00:23:25 · answer #8 · answered by Tea Lover 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The child would have no language and no ability for us to communicate with him/her.
No polluting of his/her mind with silly notions of the social environment.
No need to fear rejection and abandonment as that is all that he/she will know. No need to fear boredom as there is no external stimulus to condition the child.
It sounds kind of peaceful actually.
2007-09-05 00:35:27 · answer #9 · answered by guru 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Parents would go to prison
2007-09-05 08:19:40 · answer #10 · answered by Digital One 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋