My Impression of the NPR Interview I Heard This Morning On the Way to Work
- NPR Lady: I have here with me Dr. Alison Whatsherface, Professor of Psychology and author of the book "Babies Are Fascinating." Welcome, Dr. Whatsherface.
- Dr. W: Thank you for having me. Babies.
- NPR Lady: So in your book, you say that babies are actually super smart?
- Dr. W: Babies are so smart. Babies are constantly thinking.
- NPR Lady: That's interesting, because they're just babies.
- Dr. W: Yes. Babies.
- NPR Lady: But babies think.
- Dr. W: Babies are totally thinking. Babies have brains, just like non-babies. Or as you call them aaaa-dults.
- NPR Lady: What are babies doing when they stare at their mommies faces? You know how babies do that? Stare at mommies?
- Dr. W: Babies absolutely stare at mommies. They're analyzing the mommies. They're reading the mommy's face for feelings, like it has. Babies have feelings and know that aaaaaa-dults have feelings.
- NPR Lady: So why have we not previously realized babies are so smart?
- Dr. W: Because we think of them as tiny, less functional aaaaaaa-dults. When really they're just babies. Babies can do everything.
- NPR Lady: So what, if anything, are babies not good at.
- DR. W: Babies are not good at planning.
- NPR Lady: No, because they're babies! Okay, let's take a call.
- Caller Lady: Hi, I had a visit from a baby recently.
- DR. W: I love babies!
- Caller Lady: Me too! Babies are the best! So this baby had Russian parents and the parents spoke Russian to it, but the baby will probably learn English easily enough, right? Because babies are all geniuses.
- Dr. W: Yes, babies are all geniuses. We have so much to learn from babies!!!
- NPR Lady: Babies!!!
- Caller Lady: Babies!!!
- Dr. W: BABIES!!!
