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Anne Galler Hill

Canadian writer, survivor of Scientology's Sea Org, and creator of the blog My Scientology Story, sharing her experiences of nearly 20 years inside the organization.

Aug 11, 2026

1:42
[laughs]
1:43
I, I mean, when I heard this, Claire, ugh, the amount of anger I had, because I have a degree in linguistics, okay? I understand how children learn language, and what...
1:59
Seven years old? Like, okay, up to 14 is the prime time in a person's life where they could easily learn languages.
2:07
That's why you see kids able to speak multiple languages, because their brain is set up for that.

52 MINS LATER

54:34
Yep.
54:35
And, and when you're a little kid, that's the time, like, when you are most open.
54:42
Like when you're older, sometimes your life experience has dulled your ability to see other viewpoints without something else getting in the way.
54:51
When you're little, when your brain is still growing, you can look at things and not automatically form an opinion about them, but gather the data and then decide what opinion you wanna have.

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