That last post was quite large. I wouldn't read it. I generally don't read *any* writing on the web unless it is interlaced with images. So, quickly, with lots of pictures and videos. If you never met a Chinese person and they just started talking at you wouldn't really know if they were intelligent. Likewise if you ran into a gain of sand, you wouldn't know if it was intelligent. However with a translator such as someone who speaks English and Chinese or a microprocessor, you might find that both that Chinese person and the sand are intelligent. Just to drive the point home. Here is an autistic person... translating.