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Originally posted by cgiles:
...let's say God suddenly appeared and granted you your choice of 1) understanding all of Stephen Hawking's theories or 2) instant fluency in the top 30 (most spoken) languages in the world...


Well I have to admit I would probably choose the first possibility. ;-)

P.S. There is an old saying which goes something like this:
'A man is valid for as many persons as the number of languages he speak'.