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Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World

His son was a late talker, but contraryto some of the diagnosis that he gotfrom so-called...

His son was a late talker, but contrary
to some of the diagnosis that he got
from so-called experts, he didn't believe that his son
was retarded or autistic, just that his language
was late in developing

Full Transcript

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His son was a late talker,
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but contrary to some of the diagnosis
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that he got from so-called experts,
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he didn't believe that his son was retarded or autistic,
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just that his language was late in developing.
Duration
14 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:32
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Free To Choose Enterprise

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Movie Summary

Traces Thomas Sowell's journey from humble beginnings to the Hoover Institution, becoming one of our era's most controversial economists, political philosophers, and prolific authors.
This meshed with my own understanding - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
This meshed with my own understanding
So I wrote to Tom saying, "Your intuition about your son - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:10
So I wrote to Tom saying, "Your intuition about your so...
Eventually, his son John not only began to speak, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
Eventually, his son John not only began to speak,
Sowell wrote about this remarkable journey - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:23
Sowell wrote about this remarkable journey
One of those impacted was Los Angeles-based writer - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:11
One of those impacted was Los Angeles-based writer
When Sam was about 18 months old, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
When Sam was about 18 months old,
No word that we could make out to be an English word. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:05
No word that we could make out to be an English word.
So I started looking online and saw late-talking children, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:14
So I started looking online and saw late-talking children,
I had already noticed in Sam - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:09
I had already noticed in Sam
He would have movies that he just loved watching - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:25
He would have movies that he just loved watching
So the fact that Sowell's book talked about bright children, - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
So the fact that Sowell's book talked about bright chil...
So went to go see Dr. Camarata, to get an evaluation. - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
So went to go see Dr. Camarata, to get an evaluation.
And they gave us a full plan of what we could do to help him - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:08
And they gave us a full plan of what we could do to help him
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"The course of history is determined - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:15
"The course of history is determined
The development of skills and habits - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:06
The development of skills and habits
And a good example of what he's talking about - Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a Senseless World 00:07
And a good example of what he's talking about