Humans Are Smart. Why Are Babies So Dumb?

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The first thing a baby giraffe experiences after being born is a 2 meter fall straight down to the ground. But within an hour, it’s standing, walking, and nursing on its own. And a blue whale calf, after nearly a year growing inside mom, can swim to the surface moments after being born. Human babies on the other hand? We’re born unable to move or eat on our own, we can’t communicate or fully sense our world, and we leak EVERYWHERE. If humans are so smart, why are our babies so… un-smart? You may think it’s all about head size, but the real science is more complex.

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[besmart]

Babies aren't really dumb, they're just not fully cooked. How cute is my guest star Leo? Leave him some baby love and tell him how good he did.
Tweet me or tag me on Instagram when you share the video! @DrJoeHanson @okaytobesmart

[lazyexistentialist]

Baby giraffes: these hooves are made for walking, and that’s just what I’ll do
Baby humans: that battery sure looks tasty

[hermitcard]

Animal offspring: programmed to be cautious and fearful of many things that can harm them.
Human offsprings: zero caution, and actually believe they are invincible.

[fierfighter]

Baby: *is born *
Also baby: i have a mouth, everything on sight is meant to be put in it.

[siyacer]

Babies just haven't finished their software update yet.

[ChekuLer]

“Why are babies so because nobody told them it’s okay to be smart.

[xzguy]

Baby humans: pathetic cry’s
Baby turtles: on your feet brother we’re going

[stevemarethyu]

In the first year of life, babies actually learn an enormous amount. If we're defining "smart" as current knowledge and skills, then they're low on the scale, but if we define it as "ability to learn" then they are off the charts.

[lizerdspherex]

The way i see it our infants are almost like the larval stage of insects.

[Accel_Lex]

Baby: “Your primitive tests are beneath me, peasant.”

[x.kyss]

Im imagining the baby watching this 10 years from now 😂😂😂

[muskaan]

Me: *sees the title*
Me: Well I'm an adult now so why am I still dumb!?

[ultimatedeatrix]

Apart from the lack of discipline in babies that removed his focus away, it's incredible how the baby instantly identifies two opposite spectrums of a shape (the cylinder and circle) and tries to correlate them by putting the cylinder in the circle.

[francoislacombe]

"You give a human baby to a group of chimpanzees, it's not gonna end well."


Tarzan: Am I a joke to you?

[tngtrivedi]

Basically,
Animal babies: Released fully updated by the devs.
Human Babies: Released in early access by devs.

[TheModeler]

" You give a Human baby to a pack of Chimps, it's not gonna end well"
*Tarzan has entered the chat*

[nicholasharvey]

I like the way Cracked once put it: "You can't teach an old dog new tricks, so you keep the dog a puppy longer so it can learn more tricks overall."

[JohnSmith-qqfm]

Joe: "It doesn't hold water"


Does that mean the water broke?

[letmetellyouabouttheconsti]

Humans: we bacame smart
But at what cost?
Cost: dumb babies

[scibanana]

The disappointment in his voice when he says "and he's eating it" got me 😂