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Same reason everyone should travel: it's the best way to know more about yourself. It's like the story: two young fish meet an older fish, who asks them “How's
by chillacy 10y ago
Same reason everyone should travel: it's the best way to know more about yourself. It's like the story: two young fish meet an older fish, who asks them “How's the water?” The younger fish look at each other and say, “What the hell is water?"
There's pretty decent evidence that languages have a big impact on how we think (weak spair-worf hypothesis). It's but one easy way to introspect.
Anyways, I don't know if it should be required, but it's probably more useful than calculus or english literature, both of which most people also don't use.
- freeflight 10y ago>It's but one easy way to introspect. So much this! Not all languages are "equal" in their ways how they can express/define certain concepts, thus knowing more than one language helps you define better what's going on. A thing I personally really enjoy is reading Wikipedia articles in different languages for a more "complete" picture of the topic because that works a little bit like triangulation: What one language might leave out another language might explain in more detail also highlighting different cultural influences and giving me the feeling of having a rather universal understanding of certain concepts, which doesn't hinge that much on merely memorizing terminology as terminology keeps on changing while the underlying principles don't.
- rukuu001 10y agoWhat you're describing has actually been the most rewarding thing for me - learning a new language is a window on a different way to think about things.
- teddyh 10y ago> weak spair-worf hypothesis That’s “Sapir–Whorf hypothesis”.
- bryanrasmussen 10y agoWorf is weak, to kill him would be without honor. Spare Worf hypothesis.