well technically chinese in origin. They use about 2000 in daily life, but what fascinates me is how they even manage to read anything. With an average for 6 meanings (my estimate) and two different pronunciations (chinese and japanese), who could?

It's no secret that learning wanes with age... The older you get the harder it is to learn. It makes me wonder if it could be possible to raise a child in a lab, and teach him all we know about physics, or some specified area. Couldn't we be making our own future through this kid?