https://cypherascetic.com/posts/Recent content in Posts on cypherasceticHugoen-usTue, 21 Apr 2026 13:49:25 +1000https://cypherascetic.com/posts/language-learning-cope/Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:49:25 +1000https://cypherascetic.com/posts/language-learning-cope/<p>People love saying that adults cannot learn languages. This is almost always said by adults who have not learned a language to any serious degree. That should already make you suspicious. Why would someone who has never really attempted to learn a language have such a strong opinion on the matter?</p> <p>What they mean is not that adults <em>cannot</em> learn languages. Adults clearly learn languages all the time; however, what they mean is an unwillingness to endure the potential embarrassment, repetition, ambiguity, and sustained attention required to learn a language. So they would prefer a theory in which failure is predetermined and therefore, not really their fault.</p>