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Article #1113Re: Learned Behavior vs. Hard-Wired Behavior
From: Ying Xie
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1988 01:48
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 1988 01:48
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From article <561@uvicctr.UUCP>, by plaice@uvicctr.UUCP (plaice): > In article <208@logicon.arpa> Makey@LOGICON.ARPA (Jeff Makey) writes: > >>side to mean "no." According to my girlfriend, who works for a >>company that does international trading, there is at least one place >>where this is not true. I don't remember exactly where it is (Asian >>continent, I think) but they nod for "no" and shake for "yes." Their > > The country in question is Greece, which is hardly in Asia! > Travelling through Greece can be quite amusing! > I don't know whether Greek people do this but there is one asian country where it is true. That is India. I had an indian student in the class I was assisting. He constantly shaking his head while I explained something to him, which I thought was something wrong with him. I later found out this by asking one of my friends who is also Indian. Ying Xie Department of Computer Science Clemson University Clemson, SC 29631 ying@hubcap.clemson.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcae!hubcap!ying From: ying@hubcap.UUCP (Ying Xie) Newsgroups: sci.misc,sci.psychology,comp.ai,comp.ai.neural-nets Subject: Re: Learned Behavior vs. Hard-Wired Behavior Message-ID: <3927@hubcap.UUCP> Date: 17 Dec 88 01:48:01 GMT References: <561@uvicctr.UUCP> Organization: Clemson University, Clemson, SC Lines: 23