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Ugh! I had one of these moments today. I was volunteering for something at church, and this grandma holding her grandbaby says to me something about how the baby recognizes herself in the mirror, and how she loves that babies in general recognize themselves in the mirror. I said, actually, they think it's another baby, as infants have little theory of mind; theory of mind (knowledge of the self as separate from others, knowledge of the internal self) does not develop until after age 2. Grandma then informs that I am wrong and that babies recognize themselves in the mirror when they're quite young--that I would be surprised. I said, no, that's just not true, and I know it isn't true because I am a human development major; I spend most of my time studying this stuff, and theory of mind is one of my pet interests. WELL, she says, I was a NURSE and have YEARS of parenting experience. At that point, we agreed to disagree, because I was not going to give into her as an Authority. One of my friends was standing next to me the entire time this was going on, and she was biting back the laughter as Grandma walked away, because it was obvious to her who was right.
Ugh. Idiots.
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If I am not better, at least I am different. --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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