1. Man teaches his son Klingon as a first language. Surely this is a form of child abuse?
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There are lots of ways to f-up analysis of an RCT.
fortunately for that kid, the man stopped talking in Klingon and now he speaks only English and remembers no Klingon.
I wonder if it would have been different had it been elvish, which is more widely spoken.
NY Times – seriously 2 translated novels out of 50? That’s terrible. I wonder what Tyler Cowen would say…