Soon we will be able to genetically engineer humans to make them much smarter, as well.
Is there a limit to how many languages you can learn?
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If it were possible to genetically alter a person so they would be smarter and speak every language, would we really want a person who could?
In my lifetime, I have found that it is the limitations of another that makes a person great.
For myself, knowing a language (German) that others did not has been a good thing for me. It didn't matter how clever, skilled, young, or rich my competition was...I have always been employed above them because I was able to fill a function as a translator or cultural advisor that no one else could.
I hate to use this quote, but it is a really good one. I heard this from Liam Neeson in Star Wars, "The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Food for thought.
In my lifetime, I have found that it is the limitations of another that makes a person great.
For myself, knowing a language (German) that others did not has been a good thing for me. It didn't matter how clever, skilled, young, or rich my competition was...I have always been employed above them because I was able to fill a function as a translator or cultural advisor that no one else could.
I hate to use this quote, but it is a really good one. I heard this from Liam Neeson in Star Wars, "The ability to speak does not make you intelligent."
Food for thought.
Soon we will be able to genetically engineer humans to make them much smarter, as well.-Guest
But how will we make them wiser?-K. T.
In my lifetime, I have found that it is the limitations of another that makes a person great.-Die Wahrheit
...or at least makes one person seem more impressive than another person.
But how will we make them wiser?-K. T.
In my lifetime, I have found that it is the limitations of another that makes a person great.-Die Wahrheit
...or at least makes one person seem more impressive than another person.
It's pure fact, that we will create computers analogous to people, they will surpass us, and take control over Earth. A new, living, thinking, reproducing species. Esentially, humans are just computers anyway.
Franco...
If that is fate, then that is fate.
Maybe we should all stop learning all human languages and just start learning binary since that's what our future masters are going to speak anyway ;-)
If that is fate, then that is fate.
Maybe we should all stop learning all human languages and just start learning binary since that's what our future masters are going to speak anyway ;-)
Binary comes in languages too. After all, learning the Latin alphabet is only the first step towards learning a European language, and you have to learn them all individually. Should I learn to speak x86-64, Itanium, or something else? Hmm....
- Kef
- Kef
I think that computers will want to speak a logical language like Lojban.
Other Franco-shits, we can't get enough of these Franco-craps, please post again!!! We need to laugh!
Why it's fortunate? Is it you don't want to reach the limit before the brain implant is invented, allowing you to not have to take a break?
Let's work this out. I'll take speaking a language to mean being at native level. Full time, keen work would take about 2 years to acquire a language to this level. (Of course, if you're not worried about "feeling" the language and don't care about grammatical errors, then in theory, you could learn a language every three months or so.)
So, say you start when you're 10 and live until you're 100 then you could in theory have native level proficiency in 45 languages. Of course in practice you wouldn't do that, as doing a full 9 or 10 hours of study each day just isn't practical, especially every single day of your life.
In reality, there's no reason why you couldn't be a good native level speaker of between 10 or 20 languages. That is if you're prepared to put in the hours. I imagine most people would devote themselves to about 3 or 4 and learn 10 or so more in a not so in depth way. It's up to you. How much time are you willing to put in?
Also, take into account that some languages like Portuguese and Spanish are very similar, so once you've learnt one transitioning to the other is not too difficult.
So, say you start when you're 10 and live until you're 100 then you could in theory have native level proficiency in 45 languages. Of course in practice you wouldn't do that, as doing a full 9 or 10 hours of study each day just isn't practical, especially every single day of your life.
In reality, there's no reason why you couldn't be a good native level speaker of between 10 or 20 languages. That is if you're prepared to put in the hours. I imagine most people would devote themselves to about 3 or 4 and learn 10 or so more in a not so in depth way. It's up to you. How much time are you willing to put in?
Also, take into account that some languages like Portuguese and Spanish are very similar, so once you've learnt one transitioning to the other is not too difficult.
No limit. I think practically no limit. Of course, the lifespan is limited to learn, but otherwise I think no limit, human possibilitries are really amazing.
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