★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended
(Animal SF) Lulu enjoys playing with human children, and she signs very well for an orangutan, but today her keeper has a very difficult question for her (1,292 words; Time: 04m)
"Lulu's Friends," by Aimee Ogden [bio] (edited by Trevor Quachri), appeared in Analog Science Fiction and Fact issue 01-02|19, published on December 15, 2018 by Penny Publications.
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Review: 2019.014 (A Word for Authors)
Pro: : In the real world, research on primates (particularly the great ape) has almost stopped due to protests against the practice. In this story, Lulu is able to give consent to experimentation because she signs so well.
Con: Just as a human child or a person with reduced mental capacity cannot give consent, there’s no reason to believe Lulu’s response would count as consent.
Second, all the reports of apes learning sign language were grossly exaggerated, bordering on fraud. It’s something that survives in the popular imagination because so many people really, really want to believe it’s true.
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Pro: : In the real world, research on primates (particularly the great ape) has almost stopped due to protests against the practice. In this story, Lulu is able to give consent to experimentation because she signs so well.
Con: Just as a human child or a person with reduced mental capacity cannot give consent, there’s no reason to believe Lulu’s response would count as consent.
Second, all the reports of apes learning sign language were grossly exaggerated, bordering on fraud. It’s something that survives in the popular imagination because so many people really, really want to believe it’s true.
Other Reviews: Search Web
Aimee Ogden Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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