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| 1 | 1 | If the discussion above sounds like gobbledygook to you, consider the famous Heinlein quote: | |
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| 3 | - | A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, | |
| 4 | - | conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, | |
| 5 | - | set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, | |
| 6 | - | solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, | |
| 7 | - | fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. | |
| 3 | + | > A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, | |
| 4 | + | > conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, | |
| 5 | + | > set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, | |
| 6 | + | > solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, | |
| 7 | + | > fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. | |
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| 9 | 9 | Presumably Heinlein meant his list to be representative and fluid rather than exhaustive and static. | |
| 10 | 10 | Presumably he also meant to suggest a capacity for generalized learning of new skills, including the | |
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| 1 | + | If the discussion above sounds like gobbledygook to you, consider the famous Heinlein quote: | |
| 2 | + | ||
| 3 | + | A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, | |
| 4 | + | conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, | |
| 5 | + | set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, | |
| 6 | + | solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, | |
| 7 | + | fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects. | |
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| 9 | + | Presumably Heinlein meant his list to be representative and fluid rather than exhaustive and static. | |
| 10 | + | Presumably he also meant to suggest a capacity for generalized learning of new skills, including the | |
| 11 | + | *skill of delineating and mastering entirely new skills.* | |
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