Yes, but a cognitive distinction doesn’t have to be genetic in order to exist. Whether you choose to call it dyslexia or not, or whether the difference is genetic or due to a different learning background, what spriteless is trying to expose is that the mind functions differently. Circuits that are primary in one population are auxiliary in another, and vice versa.
While it may well be true that different kinds of minds function differently, there’s no reason to think that speaking different languages makes you function differently. A native English speaker learning Japanese will make much the same kind of mistakes that a native Japanese speaker learning English will, and pretty much the same circuits will be “primary” and “auxiliary” in both. This contrasts with neurodiversity, and disabilities like dyslexia, where some circuits may be impaired or differently wired.
Yes, but a cognitive distinction doesn’t have to be genetic in order to exist. Whether you choose to call it dyslexia or not, or whether the difference is genetic or due to a different learning background, what spriteless is trying to expose is that the mind functions differently. Circuits that are primary in one population are auxiliary in another, and vice versa.
While it may well be true that different kinds of minds function differently, there’s no reason to think that speaking different languages makes you function differently. A native English speaker learning Japanese will make much the same kind of mistakes that a native Japanese speaker learning English will, and pretty much the same circuits will be “primary” and “auxiliary” in both. This contrasts with neurodiversity, and disabilities like dyslexia, where some circuits may be impaired or differently wired.