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Subject: Re: Consciousness and the Senses/Brain development
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vanjac@netcom.com (Sylvan Jacques) writes:

>In article <1994Dec10.191105@west.cscwc.pima.edu>,
> <103t_english@west.cscwc.pima.edu> wrote:
>>From neural network theory, we could speculate that the brain wouldn't do very
>>well. In fact, I'd guess that any such person would sicken and die from lack of
>>stimulation before the age of 2-3...

>Have you seen "The Lost Language of Cranes"?


There were real live such cases. EArly in the century there was an 
Indian boy brought up with chimpanzees(?). A few years ago there was
a boy/girl[?] in America about 12[?] years old who spent much of his
life locked up in a closet by parents.

In the case of the Indian boy, he barely learned to speak and dress
himself. It was a great stress for him to even learn to stand up 
straight and walk.  Much learning takes place in the first few
years of life. I seem to remember reading that by the time a child
is about 6 yrs old his brain has reached about 90% of the adult 
size. 
--
						-- Mark---
....we must realize that the infinite in the sense of an infinite totality, 
where we still find it used in deductive methods, is an illusion. Hilbert,1925
