@JamesPsychol https://twitter.com/WiringTheBrain/status/719591002227490816 … Is dyslexia even a thing?
@piffer_davide @JamesPsychol @JayMan471 You meant orthography, but English phonology also difficult (th sounds are hard & too many vowels!).
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@KirkegaardEmil @piffer_davide@JayMan471 Bah! Spelling. -
@JamesPsychol @piffer_davide@JayMan471 Orthography is a public intelligence test that no one can opt out of. -
@KirkegaardEmil @piffer_davide@JayMan471 Agreed, tho it also measures conformity and serfdom -
@JamesPsychol @piffer_davide@JayMan471 I noticed that many geniuses didn't care about spellings very much. E.g. Feynman. -
@KirkegaardEmil @piffer_davide@JayMan471 And the Founding Fathers cast off the shackles of England by reforming English spelling.Colorless. -
@JamesPsychol @piffer_davide@JayMan471 Webster was surprisingly modern in his approach. Read this essay from 1789! http://web.archive.org/web/20141113223742/http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/DKitchen/new_655/webster_language.htm …
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