> Lion cubs play-fight to learn social skills. Rats play to learn emotional skills. Monkeys play to learn cognitive skills. And yet, in the last century, we humans have convinced ourselves that play is useless, and learning is supposed to be boring.
What a load of rubbish. Human children play to learn just like our animal cousins. But after language acquisition we have a far more efficient tool at our disposal. Am I supposed to learn that electricity is dangerous by playing with a car battery?
That's not to say that this isn't good and adults can't learn some things more effectively by interaction, but, please, let's not play down the importance of language when it comes to adult learning.
What a load of rubbish. Human children play to learn just like our animal cousins. But after language acquisition we have a far more efficient tool at our disposal. Am I supposed to learn that electricity is dangerous by playing with a car battery?
That's not to say that this isn't good and adults can't learn some things more effectively by interaction, but, please, let's not play down the importance of language when it comes to adult learning.