Nim Chimpsky: the chimp they tried to turn into a human

Guardian UK ^ | 07/24/011 | Gemma Kappala-Ramsamy

[Kid Shelleen]

In the early 70s, a primate named Nim Chimpsky was the subject of an experiment whose purpose was to learn whether language is innate. Now, his strange life has been turned into a documentary by Man on Wire director James Marsh.

Whether he's zooming past in a pushchair, perched on a lavatory seat or getting a little too intimate with a passing cat, it's impossible not to be charmed by Nim the chimpanzee. Nim Chimpsky, to give him his full title, was born at the Institute for Primate Studies in Norman, Oklahoma, in the early 70s. Highly intelligent, he was chosen to be the subject of a language experiment at Columbia University, called Project Nim, that aimed to discover whether or not chimpanzees could use grammar to create sentences

[americanophile]

I hear he later become a liberal activist and professor at MIT.

[poindexter]

It never works to try to get a living thing to go against its nature.

[mkmensinger]

“I hear he later become a liberal activist and professor at MIT.”

...with an unquenchable love of bananas...

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

[Krankor]

What about Cheetah? I mean, she was ten times smarter than Nim. She could ride elephants, parachute out of planes, throw hats in a New York nightclub and shoot Nazis. And, coolest of all, she’s still alive at 137 years old.

[ClearCase_guy]

There have been a number of recent "news" articles which are basically advertisements for the Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Journalists are such whores.

[Paladin2]

"Nim likes to smoke pot and drink beer. But that's like us."

Just like MIT profs.

[Kid Shelleen]

i think the whole thing was a scam by the professor to sleep with his much younger assistants. He also gave the chimp pot and beer.

[Krankor]

[Paladin2]

I want Stephanie LaFarge to date me.

[SERKIT]

I think he had his teeth removed and became a long-time congressman from Massachusetts.

[SC DOC]

Ape with AK-47

[Krankor]

I’m not sure who he is. All I know, judging by his teeth, he’s not British.

[Salvavida]

I hear he later become a liberal activist and professor at MIT. MIT is a bastion of conservatism compared to UC Santa Cruz.

[ken21]

sure it’s not

noam chimpsky?

[jocon307]

“I hear he later become a liberal activist and professor at MIT.”

LOL!

[Musketeer]

A Keynesian named Noam Chimpsky.....aka Obama!