Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Learning from babies

I’ve concluded that the reason we shake our heads to signify ‘no’ comes from people trying to feed you when you’re a baby. You move your face left and right, away from the spoon, with your mouth closed to say “No, I don’t want to eat that!” I don’t know why nodding means yes yet. It is an orthogonal action, which is logical, so it may be as simple as that. But I plan to keep watching Alex for any other insights. Also, if I’m not paying attention he’ll throw his cup on the floor.

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