Caveat: The utility of masks

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."~Oscar Wilde

This is relevant to language teaching, since speaking a new language requires a type of disinhibition ("hibition"?) very to similar to that required by truth-telling.

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  1. Brenda

    Seems relevant to the internet, too, or driving a car. But is one more truly himself when masked, or does the need to inhibit some stuff (and the choice of what one inhibits) when one is unmasked actually represent the truth of who one is when one admits who one is, or is accountable, i.e. seen, to be who one is, or who one wants to believe one is?
    Sorry, long day, executive functioning disinhibited – couldn’t help it, it just came out.

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