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discuss people with high iqs are good language learners

09:46 Sunday 03 January 2016 JST

In the TESOL course, they just presented a story about a smart guy who tried to learn a language just from books, and no practice. I can't imagine it's as literally true as they've presented it, but the point is clear. Books don't talk back. (*)

(*) Yes, I mean the old kind of books, the ones that were just made of paper and stuff.

IQ might be correlated with learning a language in that a person with
high IQ may be able to memorize a lot of grammar rules, exceptions,
pronunciation guides, etc.  This person can more easily become
well-read on the language, but not actually be able to *use* the
language in a real situation.

But I do not think IQ is related to acquiring a language.  Acquiring a
language requires practice and simply attempting to speak without
concern of one's errors.

In one of the recent videos, it was suggested that people with high IQ
want to maintain their appearance of being smart and therefore are
less willing to make mistakes required for language acquisition.  I
ain't so sure that IQ is the primary indicator of unwillingness to
make mistakes.

minecraft

23:26 Sunday 03 January 2016 JST

Minecraft made some neat edges between Chicago and the mainland. I then used MCEdit to delete some chunks which were then recreated in game. Interesting results resulted.

went back to the house in 鶴川

16:18 Sunday 03 January 2016 JST

I still like it. Lin seems to still like it.

The refrigerator space is 75cm wide, and 60cm deep on the door side (next to stove + sink counter), and 90cm deep on the hinge side.

Living+dining room is like 300cm by 650cm overall, with about 3x3 meters for each space.

18:05

Lin spoke with builder, who is also the agent. I want to ask him

What was the original price of the house?
Are house values over the last 10 years trending up in this area?
Are these cracks anything to worry about?