Every intelligent child is an amateur anthropologist. The first thing such a child notices is that adults don't make sense." - Meaning and context.">
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"Books of the Times", The New York Times (23 September 1982)
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Every intelligent child is an amateur anthropologist. The first thing such a child notices is that adults don't make sense.

— John Leonard (critic)

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Every intelligent child is an amateur anthropologist. The first thing such a child notices is that adults don't make sense." in the context of ""Books of the Times", The New York Times (23 September 1982)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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John Leonard (critic)

About John Leonard (critic)

John Leonard (February 25 1939 – November 5 2008) was an American literary, TV, film and cultural critic.