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Can Language Shape How We Think?
- lelele 16y agoI think so. You can see less educated people struggling to understand or express subtle topics. A richer language allows you to think with a richer palette of shades.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoFascinating. For so long the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (badly named linguistic relativism) has been out of favor, especially with Pinker's popular book "The Language Instinct." It's nice to see some real research in the area again, especially since it is investigating the effect we all see that seems at odds with the current linguistics stance. I'd just like to know what's really going on. Some related submissions: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1543871 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1543871 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1505365 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1505365