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> It's as if something can finally fill their bandwidth, keep up with their thoughts, and answer those questions in real-time. There's a problem with your line of thinking. E.g., I remember the epiphany when I realized that a particular C codebase was an implementation of a (more or less) object-oriented dynamic programming language. Ooh, here's the part that implements classes. Here's the part that instantiates the…
There's also a problem with your line of thinking: you are not a child. You do not have the neuroplasticity they do. Their brains are learning in ways that we simply cannot any longer; it' a real apples:oranges situation.
Neuroplasticity as a concept is challenging but even when Torsten Wiesel was sewing kitten and cat eyes shut the adults could adapt. And the claims that the kittens rewired more are problematic.
The neurons originally attuned to the closed eye did not acquire new functions, they heightened their response to the input from the open eye.
The responses were always there. Just at low levels.
Free time to to dedicate for building tactic knowledge is the main limiter for adults and not hard wiring.