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Baby Meets Big Brother For Science

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-about-learning dept.

dylanduck writes "A baby is to be monitored by a network of microphones and video cameras for 14 hours a day, 365 days a year, in an effort to unravel the seemingly miraculous process by which children acquire language. I guess that's what happens when your pop works at MIT's Media Lab. Thankfully his parents can switch off the surveillance for 'private' moments and delete short scenes. All the footage is being classified by algorithms."

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  1. Truman! by Volante3192 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Will they also instill a fear of water into the baby so he doesn't want to leave his island?

  2. This has been done before. by ashitaka · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Details are here.

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  3. I call it... The Monroe Box! by Kenja · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Monroe: It's a special isolation chamber. The subject pulls levers to receive food and water. The floor can become electrified, and showers of icy water randomly fall on the subject. I call it... The Monroe Box!
    Grampa: Uh huh. Sounds interesting. How much will it cost to build?
    Monroe: Oh, that's the beauty part! It's already built! I need the money to buy a baby to raise in the box until the age of thirty.
    Grampa: What are you trying to prove?
    Monroe: Well, my theory is that the subject will be socially maladjusted and will harbor a deep resentment towards me.
    Grampa: Mm. Interesting.

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  4. I've Seen This Movie Already... by mshiltonj · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... when it was called "The Truman Show".

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