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From: todd@scirtp.UUCP (Todd Jones)
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Subject: Re: The Intelligence of Children
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Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 18:35:50 EDT
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Perhaps other parents on the net would care to contribute to 
this discussion.

> > ... If you have a kid someday, try to ignore your preconceptions
> > and realize that kids are more intelligent than adults and time
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> > spent with parents is what kids nowadays don't get enough of.
> > 
> > -todd jones
> 
> I hope the underlined clause is nothing worse than careless typing --
> perhaps you meant to say "...than adults realize" or some such?  If not,
> you will perhaps be so kind as to explain what you do mean?
> 
> Gary Samuelson

I guess you *don't* have children, Mr. Samuelson.

Children have more advanced imaginations, extremely vivid memories,
the ability to learn, the ability to look at situations objectively
ALL in excess to the same abilities of adults.

Sure, you can argue that children are endowed with some sort of
instinctual knowledge, but that knowledge must be general to the
point of total vagueness in order to explain infant adaptibility.

Just because my four year old can't explain the unified field
theory or even read complete sentences doesn't mean you are
smarter.

Let me put it this way:
Let's take Mr. Samuelson off of the planet earth and place him
in a place that has no resemblance to earth, the laws of physics
have no application here, the other lifeforms make bizzare sounds
and gestures, etc...
Do you think that in 3 years you could communicate your wishes,
make sense of your environment, and analyze events in roughly
the same manner as your alien peers? I doubt it.

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"The intelligence displayed by children is quite humbling."