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Re: TLG investigation 1st answers
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Fri, 19 Feb 1999 20:48:49 GMT
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JSPROAT@GEOCITIES.COMsaynotospam
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Jesse Long wrote:
> Mike Stanley wrote in message ...
> > set quality TLG _used to_ produce and that if you put a 700 pc Castle
> > set in front of one of an _average_ kid today he'd probably lose
> > interest and go back to his Nintendo 64 or the Power Rangers, whereas
> > if you put a 350 pc set in front of him with huge pre-formed pieces
> > that an average monkey could put together, he might stay focused on it
> > long enough to put it together before he goes back to the video games.
> Now there's a scientific study waiting to happen: can monkeys put together
> lego sets if given the instructions?
I'd be curious to see what would happen, given an infinite amount of
monkeys, with only Town Jr. sets, if they could produce a diarama of all of
Shakespeare's works.
The Air Force could even donate a few, since they're retiring their Space
Chimp colony.
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"The world will not perish for want of wonders but for want of wonder"
-- British scientist J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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| Sproaticus wrote in message <36CDCE31.DC36231D@g...es.com>... (...) After further consideration, I think that exposing monkeys to Town Jr. would fall under cruelty to animals. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Now there's a scientific study waiting to happen: can monkeys put together lego sets if given the instructions? Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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