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There is also a lot of evidence contradicting the Whorf hypothesis. In <The Language Instinct> by Steven Pinker, Pinker suggests that humans think with separate
by zack 18y ago
There is also a lot of evidence contradicting the Whorf hypothesis. In <The Language Instinct> by Steven Pinker, Pinker suggests that humans think with separate thought-modules and then only express the substance of thoughts through arbitrary languages.
That being said, I think there is something to be said for diversity of culture, and perhaps better more fluid translation services are the true solution.
- DanielBMarkham 18y agoNotice I hedged my bets with "generally agree with" The fact that the question is still open is why (in my opinion) the thought experiment is so interesting.
- ddemchuk 18y agoThat seems like an interesting concept that I would some day like to dive into...how do you rate the book overall?