> Reality is much more subtle. Language only determines what we have to pay attention to. If you put it that way, it's as obvious as a brick wall and I'm wonde

> Reality is much more subtle. Language only determines what we have to pay attention to. If you put it that way, it's as obvious as a brick wall and I'm wondering why there is no way further onwards here. Thinking about it: Language didn't develop without reason, I'm pretty sure. Language developed to communicate more precisely, since it provided an advantage to communicate more efficiently. Thus, language only expresses what it needs to express and develops from there. In a sense, which I find rather funny, you don't have to venture into different lands to find linguistic problems. Just look around in your company. We developers have words for things and our marketing guys don't even know that these things exist, and I'm darned sure it's the other way around, too. Similarly, the inuit have tons of words for snow, and I have like... 6. I don't even know how many forms and characteristics of snow they even distinguish there.