TuringTourist

The US actions in the past, and presently, have been abhorrent. As a US citizen I have no issue admitting this. I also have no issue also stating I think the invasion of Ukraine is an ongoing atrocity by Russia.

I don't think you'll find a lot of people being caught in a gotcha when you ask about the US vs Russia as far as impinging on the freedoms of other countries without a right to do so. They will readily tell you that both are wrong.

That is actually an earlier version of the book in the OP, they renamed it between editions.

Do you happen to recall the title of that book? Or what it was about?

I would argue that train signalling is not intentionally obfuscated as brainfuck is however. Just a different form of thinking.

I would posit the opposite, language exists to be combined in any number of ways easily and still communicate well. A language that cannot do this does not I think exist.

Sworn statements with no evidence don't merit much scrutiny. Especially when it comes to extraordinary claims.

Once in a lifetime events tend to be "Exciting" to people, watching history unfold so to speak. The excitement comes from the awareness of this fact, and the fact that it might never be seen again.

If I have gained the ability to recite the lyrics of a song after being "exposed" to it for some time, it seems that I have indeed learned something.

If you approach college or any education with the attitude that you know everything already, you will likely learn about as much as if that were actually true.