Babies learn to deceive before they can talk, new study finds
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Tactics used include denial, feigning deafness, and hiding things
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It’s a very similar pattern to dogs, which deceive their carers by mimicking human reactions and triggering empathy :)

I understand what you mean and for sure they don’t premeditate actions, but they do it nonetheless

Idk, IMHO, that’s stretching the definition for “deception” a bit too wide.

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