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Does Tim Ferriss Dream In Japanese? - Rabbit Hole #3 - #1105
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Tim's Japanese Crash Course
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Tim Ferriss argues that 6 weeks of immersive language study can replicate what takes a year of weekly classes.
Kids don't have a biological edge in language learning. They just have no mortgage, no job, and no escape. Adults can absorb a new language in six weeks of immersion because they already understand grammar, abstraction, and conceptual labeling. The real barrier is motivation and density of practice, not age.
Tim Ferriss argues adults are actually faster language learners than children because they already have conceptual scaffolding and can understand grammar explanations.
