Well when I was little I didn’t know how to read so one day I saw a card with the word “across” on it and I wanted to read it so I took my time and sounded it out then the next day at school we were assigned books to read and they gave us cards with words to practice so I practiced a lot
The thimble earpiece is to block out thinking, so therefore the head is just filled with mindless entertainment, part of a government plan.
A Philologist because the study of philosophy is thinking basically to sum it up