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>From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert)
Subject: Re: Communication and Intelligence
Message-ID: <1992Aug4.171443.18771@mp.cs.niu.edu>
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In article <1992Aug4.152933.2523@sequent.com> bfish@sequent.com (Brett Fishburne) writes:
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>Clearly the case of an autistic child is one where communication does not
>normally exist, yet, as mentioned in other posts, once communication is
>established, intelligence is found to exist.  Are you willing to take the

  I don't believe that is true at all.  Communication may be very abnormal
and much less effective than with a normal child.  But that does not
mean that no communication exists.

>                                I am willing to argue that communication
>is impossible without intelligence (not vice-versa).  If you care to

  How much intelligence do you find in the communication between the
button outside my door and the doorbell hanging in my hallway?

>                I make this distinction because communication implies a
>two-way exchange.

  Most people would consider writing a letter, or sending a telegram,
or broadcasting on radio or television, to be communication, even when
there is no reply.



