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		AdieuToLogic on Feb 5, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Our Language Affects What We See My favourite quote related to this topic is one a friend of mine enlightened me with years ago: "Language shapes the way we think, and determines what we can think about."[0] 0 - Benjamin Lee Whorf, http://izquotes.com/quote/355169

dorchadas on Feb 5, 2019 [–]

It'd be great...if it hadn't been fairly thoroughly discredited, especially the strong form he seems to be suggesting.

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