You have a goal; teach an ant, (sugar ant, fire ant, army ant, any one of them) how to read. Here are some tips: 1. First, get its attention. 2. Show it some examples of reading sources. 3. Read to the ant, pointing out the words as you go along. 4. Point to specific words, pronouncing them clearly. 5. Explain the alphabet, and discuss how words are formed. The net result for all your careful effort is the ant doesn’t learn a thing. The obvious reason is that it hasn’t the “brain-power” to learn reading. Moreover, it isn’t interested even with your infinite patience. It can’t distinguish your sounds. In short it simply can’t comprehend what you are doing. Its brain is not wired for learning written and spoken language. The ant’s communication is limited to smell via chemicals called pheromones . Yet, to the ant, its world is complete and is comprehended to its max. This silly example is to serve but one purpose –
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