Exploring the Fixing Fantasy
In the late 1980’s, a film entitled Look Who’s Talking came out in which Bruce Willis gave voice to the inner thoughts and feelings of an infant. I will never forget one scene in that movie, because of its eloquent demonstration of a piece of human development. The baby’s mother is leaning over his crib, with the camera shot of her being from the baby’s perspective. He has been crying, and the mother responds with, “Ooh; it looks like you’re hungry.” The voice of the baby responds, “Whoa! How did she know?!”