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Post #141,544
by drewk
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2/12/04 10:15:48 PM
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New And the counter-evidence is so freaking clear
The societal problem is child worship, an unrealistic image of children as pure, innocent and unable to lie or make up stories.
Take your average 2-year-old. Just barely able to talk. Put him in a room with a cookie jar and tell him not to eat any. Go away for five minutes. Come back in while he's got one in each hand and crumbs all over his face and ask him if he ate any.

No, they learn to lie all on their own. Not lying is the thing that has to be taught.
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Post #141,573
by imric
2/13/04 6:42:12 AM
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New Lying as a sign of linguistic ability....
I thought the most compelling sign of human-style intellectual ability in Koko (the gorilla who was taught sign language) was when she broke the sink in her environment - and made up an elaborate tale about someone else who came in and did it...
Imric's Tips for Living
  • Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
  • Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
  • Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.


Nothing is as simple as it seems in the beginning,
As hopeless as it seems in the middle,
Or as finished as it seems in the end.
 
 
     12 yr old girls handcuffed in LA - (deSitter) - (11) - Feb. 10, 2004, 05:23:32 AM EST
         Not so sure on this one.. - (Ashton) - Feb. 10, 2004, 06:39:58 AM EST
         Just how do you do that? - (imric) - (5) - Feb. 10, 2004, 06:45:58 AM EST
             Re: Just how do you do that? - (deSitter) - (4) - Feb. 10, 2004, 07:00:41 AM EST
                 Authorized! - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Feb. 10, 2004, 10:22:57 AM EST
                     I don't think it was excessive at all - (jake123) - Feb. 10, 2004, 11:48:18 AM EST
                 You really like how Japan works? - (ben_tilly) - (1) - Feb. 10, 2004, 10:52:37 AM EST
                     Re: You really like how Japan works? - (deSitter) - Feb. 10, 2004, 11:16:47 AM EST
         Necessary - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Feb. 10, 2004, 01:05:08 PM EST
             And the counter-evidence is so freaking clear - (drewk) - (1) - Feb. 12, 2004, 10:15:48 PM EST
                 Lying as a sign of linguistic ability.... - (imric) - Feb. 13, 2004, 06:42:12 AM EST
         Re: 12 yr old girls handcuffed in LA - (qstephens) - Feb. 12, 2004, 06:00:27 PM EST

I have fun with that on St Patrick’s day until they start to chase me.
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