>"if your language doesn't have separate words for blue and green then you're incapable of seeing a difference between blue and green", which is conclusively di

>"if your language doesn't have separate words for blue and green then you're incapable of seeing a difference between blue and green", which is conclusively disproven Well yeah, of course. Your eye has blue color receptors that send signals to the brain well below the level of language. Animals don't have language and can distinguish colors, after all. That's just like saying because English doesn't have good words to describe different textures, we can't distinguish the difference. But the explanation of SW I've always heard is nowhere near that strong. E.g. that because English doesn't have good words for different textures, that information isn't making it to the conscious mind. E.g. we are much more likely to forget texture, not notice it, or not use it to describe things, etc. I don't' see how that's a tautology. I know I grew up without a really conscious separation between the different tastes. E.g. sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. Obviously I could taste the difference. But I couldn't describe the type of food I felt hungry for, or explain why something tasted good. As an adult I've found distinguishing these categories consciously is very useful.