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Subject: Re: Early Language Learning & Ancient Language
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Date: 28 May 90 18:43:32 GMT
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The comment about the difficulty of proving negative results is well taken.
The example about cats raised in darkness illustrates that at least one 
example exists to demonstrate the brain's non-plasticity, as much as people 
would like to believe they can trancend their limits.
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