Re: (TFT) Perception v. IQ again

[Daniel Tulloh <daniel@jaws.greatwhite.com>]

On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Michael Taylor wrote:

> >>>>>>>Remember the story of the stuck truck in the Lincoln 
> >>>>>>>Tunnel and who figured it out.  The little girl was 
> >>>>>>>no Einstein but she perceived the situation before 
> >>>>>>>any adult and answered the problem.
> 
> (first of all, I dont remember this story at all, but I 
> suspect it's the usual homily about how the innocent child 
> figures out a puzzle while all the adults stand around looking
> stupid, I assume she figures out some way to rearrange the 
> cars so the truck can get 'unstuck'?).
> 

Nope.  Her solution was to let enough air out of the truck
tires in order to allow the the truck to pass through the
tunnel.  

Dan Tulloh
daniel@jaws.greatwhite.com


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