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Old 15-July-2007, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Gillianren View Post
I disagree with your ideas about children, Ronald, I'm afraid. The children of my experience have made plenty of abstract leaps before puberty.
He qualified it, he didn't say children weren't capable of abstract thought, just not many are capable of "adult levels of abstract thought". Probably meant things like "Santa Claus is a god" and similar adult abstractions.
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