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For what it is worth, I have anecdotal evidence that thinking in a foreign language in fact does somewhat inhibit emotional and experiential (common sense) subs

• 001sky 13y ago
  It's also not inconsistent that being forced to work through a "bullshit" question in a foreign language makes it more likely that the "bullshit" with be self evident. If you think of how a "con" artist works, it's by manipulating your confidence. In a "foreign" language you are lacking this confidence and thus less subject to manipulation. That being said, this is not evidence that the field of Psychology itself is not primarily bullshit. Because the latter is typically propogated in our native language ;D.