Re: the correlation between language, thoughts and intelligence
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2: Most people who read a lot at an early age also seem to turn out smarter than most. I suspect there are lots of other contributing factors here (prob a culture/family of education, maybe better resources, etc), but I do think that reading is about much more than just vocabulary and information. Reading a ton at an early age imo exposes people to different thought and logic processes and perspectives, all of which contribute to overall smarter people.
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Do you think this is correlation or causation? That is, are smarter people just reading earlier? It's something I've wondered about quite a bit; I started reading when I was 2. I do agree with the spirit of what you're saying, though.
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