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That is akin to saying reading is too big a bother because you cannot be expected to remember how to read spell and pronounce words. Maybe tolerance of willful
by damnfine 9y ago
That is akin to saying reading is too big a bother because you cannot be expected to remember how to read spell and pronounce words. Maybe tolerance of willful ignorance is the problem here.
- vidarh 9y agoIf I had to learn to read, spell and pronounce words in an alien language using an alien alphabet to read a book I wasn't sure would offer me any value when I have plenty of alternatives written with alphabets and in languages I know you might have a point. The choice facing people is one of doing something we find unnecessarily hard and of uncertain payoff vs. doing something much easier with a more certain payoff (because we've got past experience with it). How is your mandarin? Sanskrit? Klingon?
- carapace 9y agoBut dinae we ust to spelle yust any ol wae?