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While I'm also multi-lingual, and I also strongly believe in (some version of) the Sapir Whorf hypothesis, to the best of my knowledge, it has never been demons
by Yoric 2y ago
While I'm also multi-lingual, and I also strongly believe in (some version of) the Sapir Whorf hypothesis, to the best of my knowledge, it has never been demonstrated.
See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity .
- johnisgood 2y agohttps://mw-live.lojban.org/papri/Sapir-Whorf_Hypothesis https://mw-live.lojban.org/papri/Sapir-Whorf_Hypothesis There was a great writing about it, in great detail. I remember it being "lojban.txt", but I cannot seem to find it. :(
- mistermann 2y agoConsidering the logic in these articles through ontology and set theory lenses is...a trip.
- johnisgood 2y agoI found what I have been looking for, you might find it really interesting (and trippy!): https://www.lojban.org/files/why-lojban/whylojb.txt https://www.lojban.org/files/why-lojban/whylojb.txt
- mistermann 2y agoWow! Thank you for this!
- mistermann 2y agoYou may not see this but I am curious: do you have some ~expertise in this general area? The "I found what I have been looking for" comment seems to imply so, so I can't resist asking.