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

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


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