This is an interesting question that I keep asking myself. Will
a person recognize another human if he has not seen a human before? I mean, imagine a person like Mougli living in a peopleless
forest. Assume that he gets to interact only with animals and not people. He would obviously encounter water or any other
reflecting surface, but let us assume that there is nothing of that sort. This means that he would not have seen himself and
does not know how a human looks like. Suppose all of a sudden he sees a human after several years of living in forest, what
would his reaction be? Will he see this person as someone similar to him, or will he treat him as a new animal? Similarity
is going to exist because Mougli would obviously be able to see his hands, legs and body, which he would find similar
to the human he encounters. So, will he assume that his face would be similar to that human?
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