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>From: chavez@cwis.unomaha.edu (Timothy M. Chavez)
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Subject: Re: Communication and Intelligence
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abreu@dcs.qmw.ac.uk  writes:
> Just a thought experiment. Imagine this being is born. We'll call it Quayle.
> From birth, we deprive it of any form of communication:it won't see; it won't 
> taste; it won't smell; it won't hear; it won't have tactile sensations. But
> like human beings, Quayle is born with the POTENTIAL to be very intelligent.
> Now, if you think about it a bit, ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING related to your
> intelligence has some outside influence. QUESTION: What are Quayle's chanches 
> of developing his intelligence to the point where he could become, say, the 
> Vice-President of the United States?

Hahahahahahahahahahaha  :-)


