When I initially pondered on the main premise of Turing's test -- that artificial intelligence could be based on the underlying principle of imitation -- I was rather skeptical, but the more I read into the matter, the more I realized how pervasive imitation is in regards to knowledge acquisition. Whether it is a child learning from a parent, a teacher mentoring a teacher, or a casual bystander conforming to a given situation, a majority of what we know is influenced by some form of imitation. One of the very few intellectual examples that I could aggregate that does not involve imitation would involve unprecedented creativity (e.g., music, art, poetry, and film). However, for something to be so original and imaginative, pristine from any form of imitation, it would be extremely rare -- so atypical that it would not be as useful a construct in defining intelligence as imitation. Would you agree?