oh i thought this would be about language and how the brain works, that article sounds more interesting to be honest sorry
Someone should post that article instead, lol. I'd love to discuss why I am able to comprehend and read a language almost fully but cannot speak it.
Compare the ease with which you recognize a bicycle and the difficulty of drawing one.
It’s not the mechanics of the pencil alone although that plays a role a well. But even if you could somehow imprint perfect lines like you imagine them, the bicycle and the lightening etc will not be realistic unless you are a trained artist.
Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don’t Rhyme—And Other Oddities of the English Language