wedrifid comments on Memetic Hazards in Videogames - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 11 September 2010 07:27:31AM *  2 points [-]

I'm tempted to call this a just-not-so story.

I'm tempted to agree. When adults spend as much time focussed on learning to speak a language as children do they learn faster.

Not only do I disagree with the general point (about "rigidity" being advantageous),

I don't quite agree with this, at least as a general rule. (Red King, etc.)

Comment author: Relsqui 14 September 2010 10:30:48AM 2 points [-]

I'm tempted to agree. When adults spend as much time focussed on learning to speak a language as children do they learn faster.

I read a good, if not new, article about this recently. It's relevant to a couple posts in this thread, but I figured this was as good a place to insert it as any.

Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 11 September 2010 09:19:44PM 1 point [-]

I'm happy to concede the point on childhood learning, but maintain that educational reform is significantly more implementable than brain plasticity pills.

Comment author: wedrifid 12 September 2010 08:24:51AM 0 points [-]

I'm happy to concede the point on childhood learning, but maintain that educational reform is significantly more implementable than brain plasticity pills.

Absolutely. Plain plasticity does very little without a quality learning environment in place. (And a quality learning environment is one of the most powerful ways of fostering brain plasticity!)

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