I just had a flashback of my childhood. When I analyzed it in my head, I realized it was the earliest I could remember myself using reasoning.

Here’s the scene:

I’m in my aunt’s car with my cousins and we are driving to Kumon (that tutoring center that all Asians know about). I don’t remember specifically where I was sitting and that hole in my memory confuses me because of the next part of my memory.

Anyways, we stop at a stop light behind some cars and we wait for a long time. My aunt complains about it but still, nothing changes. I suggest to my aunt, “Why don’t you just honk at it?” while I’m reaching towards the horn (as I mentioned before, I don’t remember where I was sitting so how would I reach towards the horn?). My aunt panics and slaps my hand away. I know, it doesn’t sound like I was a very smart kid but you will understand my reasoning.

The day before, my aunt was driving me somewhere (I have no idea where) and we were behind someone at a stoplight. We were waiting for a long time. From the back seat, I couldn’t see much because I was probably between 5-8 years old at the time. I hear my aunt honk and we start to go.

Now that I can drive, I can guess at what happened. My aunt honked at the guy in front of us because he didn’t go when the light turned green. The next day, I came to the conclusion that when you honk at someone at a traffic light, they always go, which is why I suggested it that day.

Now I’m not saying I was the smartest kid ever, but I find it interesting to see how I thought back then compared to now.