In a message dated 2/19/03 3:58:50 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
kestrel{at}pcisys.net writes:

<< But, as with everything else -- I could be wrong :) I'm not at all wedded 
to
 the position :)
 
 and I did read soemthing somewhere that said human babies, unlike chimps
 etc, know when they're seeing their own face in a mirror so I could be
 totally wrong and there *is* inborn intelligence there.
 
 I guess all I'm hoping for is that when I finally have to drive on the same
 road with them, they're not behaving like idiots. I don't mind much what
 gets them there 
  >>

I have some experience that says that even pre-verbal babies can learn sign 
language and use it to tell their parents what they want until they can say 
what they want.  Scientists define intelligence differently than most people 
do.  They seem to define it by ability to understand something.  That jock 
who keeps winning at his sports but has trouble with his grades isn't stupid, 
he just is better at spatial intelligence.  Whether he gets along with others 
depends on his interpersonal intelligence.  I'd have to get my notes to 
declaim the types completely, but that will have to wait for another morning. 

MockYeti, work beckons, BardMock

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