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Comment author: MaximumLiberty 23 December 2014 06:00:39PM *  1 point [-]

I request evidence for the following assertion:

Children have deepseated evolved instincts to trust what adults tell them.

I think that, at the very least, that statement is far too broad, because it ignores stranger anxiety. Did you mean "what parents (or the equivalent figures) tell them"?

Comment author: JoshuaZ 23 December 2014 08:16:08PM 0 points [-]

Yes, replace "adults" with "parents/equivalent figures".

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