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Article 6611 of comp.ai.philosophy:
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Subject: Re: Communication and Intelligence
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>From: Dave Sainty <terros@sideways.welly.gen.nz>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 00:55:28 +1200
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bfish@sequent.com (Brett Fishburne) writes:

> ANALYSIS:  There are children who are born without the capability to
> experience certain forms of communication (e.g. deaf).  Despite that, these
> children appear to develop at the same rate as their peers.  In fact,
> detection of deafness is particularly difficult in young children and both
> casual and experienced observers have been surprised to learn of the deafness
> In keeping with the thesis we would expect to see corresponding deficits in
> intelligence, which have not been discovered.

I would suggest that the use of a private language is an important component
of human cognition. With that in mind, I'd be rather curious as to whether
deaf people use a private language, and what form that language takes.


