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user-inactivated  ·  2725 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: November 2, 2016

Nothing is a "real world". Language is made up - as in, everything is up to people using it. Which is why you have regional differences, accents, people speaking mixed language etc. You can use whatever you want for whatever you want, and as long as two people understand each other, you have a human language. With that in mind, it's silly that people would try to control it like that.

I've had an enlightening argument about it with johnnyFive a few weeks ago, which triggered an identity crisis on the matter of languages. The whole purpose of what I study crushed before my very eyes as I tried to recollect whatever's left hanging into a coherent picture. The paragraph above is the result, just as the idea that I'm not doing anything of value with the education I'm getting.

    Have you ever thought that maybe child prodigies are actually people who have been reincarnated with their memories intact?

No, and it doesn't sound right now that I do. People don't reincarnate, so there must be a more tangible explanation. Differences in brain structure would be one of the quickest to reach for.

Why did you spoiler out a whole paragraph on your latest religious experience?