I disagree with the idea that a language changes how you think. I think a more accurate statement is: "A programming language teaches you to think like the la

I disagree with the idea that a language changes how you think. I think a more accurate statement is: "A programming language teaches you to think like the language's creator(s)." If you look at it from that more anthropological lens, then you start to see how you're not necessarily learning new ways of thinking, you're learning something more like a new language around a group of people who think similar. Once you understand that you start to see that none of these are any better or worse than the others, and thinking like you learned some secret weapon at the Church of Haskell will really just prevent you from exploring other cultures.