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rob05c · 3924 days ago · link · · parent · post: Give me a great quote from something you're reading, have read recently.
- different languages impose different world views on their speakers
I've also heard the hypothesis that those different world views affect problem-solving. For example, might it be easier to solve a particular math problem while thinking in German rather than Farsi?
The Sapir–Whorf hypothesis makes dying languages all the more tragic.