No,they are just like a book waiting to be written....Blank pages mwhere the lines can be filled in slowly and also where fiction can become reality over time...:)D
Shet, I wouldn't think. All the little mouths have to do is scream and they get fed, burped, changed, and put down for a nap. They're the world's best trainers.
If "dumb" means without a voice or unable to communicate, then no; every normal, healthy baby has a range of different noises that can express needs and emotions, as well as gestures and facial expressions.
If "dumb" means unable to learn; then no; babies learn faster than all other humans. The rate is exponential in the first year of life.
If "dumb" means unable to solve complex problems, then yes, all babies are born dumb; it takes at least until 12 years old for the average brain to be sufficiently developed to start learning complex reasoning skills. (Although age is no guarantee; having the right circumstances and teachers is also necessary.)
This post was edited by inky at April 5, 2020 8:15 PM MDT
By the way, it is inappropriate to use the word "dumb" as a comment on intelligence. The word is associated with those who have been deaf from birth and who, as a consequence, have difficulties in learning to speak - It is now considered disrespectful to deaf people to use the word in that way, since as far as deaf people are concerned the word has no relevance to their intelligence.
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