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>From: orourke@unix1.cs.umass.edu (Joseph O'Rourke)
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Subject: Re: Intelligence Testing
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Date: 24 Feb 92 16:27:24 GMT
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In article <3892.559247@kcbbs.gen.nz> Hakki_Kocabas@kcbbs.gen.nz (Hakki Kocabas) writes:
>It is not necessary that a three years old child "believe in the intelligence 
>of a talking frog" to talk to it. It is just another game for the child 
>to learn how to use the language. 

	Of course I was translating what I observe in the child into
adult language.  But the child (if at the appropriate age) is not
just playing a game:  there is total and complete belief -- hook, line
and sinker.


