Re: What did that thread indicate?



On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:17:14 -0400, "Glen M. Sizemore"
<gmsizemore2@xxxxxxxxx> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:

>
>"Curt Welch" <curt@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>news:20050925222657.427$08@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[. . .]

>> Humans and animals are trained to do what they do. If you train a human
>> to
>> speak English, they will speak English. If you put them in an environment
>> were they are punished whenver they make any sound that sounds something
>> like some part of English, they will NEVER speak English.
>
>Well, you will certainly get no argument from me here. I had in mind,
>though, less controversial, completely demonstrated examples, like those
>that might be found in the laboratory.

[. . .]

>Cordially (really in your case),
>
>Glen

It would seem that Glen has been trained to kiss ass.

~v~~

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