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>>8009166
It's hard I think. Some people know 5 or more, but most of the time, those languages are somewhat related and similar in some ways or they rooted from the a common language.

>>8009166
>I read in Spanish with complete fluency, for instance, but I can't actually speak it.
>To give an example, I could easily deliver a lecture in English, but I wouldn't be able to deliver one in Spanish.
Let's be somewhat objective here: you have basic Spanish. Like you may not he even getting past the lower levels on the CEFR.

So no you are not fluent or have fluency, yes everyone has better comprehension (reading and listening) than production (speaking and writing), and reading tends to be better than listening because the written word tends to be more consistent than the spoken, plus you can take your time. So no shit you can read better than you can speak.

Serious linguists and highly talented people with free time can.

Go to university

>>8009165
I am in university. My uni's philosophy department is purged of anything analytic.

For logic,
>>8008176
For analytic philosophy,
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~ssmoss/moss%20404%20syllabus.pdf
do at least the readings in bold.

>>8009124
Yes, nobody likes the beats apart from the beats.

the idea of it being bad to like something is a spook op

They range from okay to garbage teir pedo apologist Jew.

Really depends who you are reading.

Heinlen was an anti-Authoritarian, which is pretty much the opposite of a fascist. PKD had some troubled personal relationships with people, but I definitely wouldn't call him crazy.

The difference between Asimov and Bradbury would be immediately apparent if you read their works. Their writing styles aren't even similar, you can't really compare Dandelion Wine with Foundation I for example.

>>8009123

Heinlein supported and defended the usage of nuclear weapons for the good of the state.

>>8009044

The difference is that Bradbury and PKD are actually extremely talented writers while Asimov and Clark are science enthusiasts/professionals who happened to get famous writing fiction.

>>8009044
i'd be crazy too if my name was Dick

>>8008997

no but mindful entertainment can be

>>8009011
What sets them apart, then?

>>8008997
Yea you can learn a lot about the foundations of story and narrative and how you can be manipulated by them

Verses 11-32 in the 15th chapter of the book of Luke

>>8008975
I mean outside of the source material that influenced it

>>8008948
How come almost every film that ''professional film criticism'' bashes ends up being enjoyable at the very least?

He's mean to lots of people and the Worldly Will is too abstract to believe in

>>8008937
Hegel.

>>8008937
his haircut is weird

How can you not remember the title or the author of a book you read?

>>8008911
Because I read more books than you.

>>8008906
The series is by Eric flint

Bump. I'm feeling sad.

>>8008875
yes i have this problem too. do you recommend reading gulliver's travel at least once?

Im 60 pg into brave new world and im feeling burdened to continue and finish

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>BBC
>big ... load
>shake speare

>>8008870
Shakespeare performed by those guys would be pretty cool tbhwy

>>8008870

LOL

Reminder that these jeans are too tight and are clamping my buttcheeks shut like two fucking teamsters are leaning against them and by the end of the day I'm going to have an ocean of sweat drowning with a kelp forest of ass hair down there

If thought is indeterminately articulated into one singular language, commonly the first language learnt, what is the point of investing in a new language? Beyond travel and international business there is little purpose.

>>8008945
This, it's better to know one language (or in my case, two) down to intricacies rather than being able to 'understand' many.

>tfw your life is incredibly idyllic so you can't write from experience and you don't have an inch of creativity in you either

Kill me already

>>8008863
pls write about the good times
tell me the nice things

>>8008884
One time when I was a child, I accidentally broke a vase before my father was home. Usually, he would become incredibly angry and yell at me at a couple of decibels, but when he went home he was okay with it.

Best time of my childhood.

>>8008692
Linguistics, Politics, or Philosophy?

>>8008700
Mainly politics, but interested in philosophy as well.

>>8008706
"Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance" from 2004: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12612.Hegemony_or_Survival

Also, see this website: http://www.chomskylist.com/recommended-reading.php

Yo

>>8008557
>>>/wikipedia/
Look at the fucking pages and then use them you dumb shit it's not that hard.

Hello

What makes a person create a thread like this? I'm astonished.

>>8008451
Your astonishment.

Who?