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"How Language Shapes Thought"

Started by Recusant, April 22, 2011, 03:02:14 AM

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Recusant

This is a fascinating talk given by Dr. Lera Boroditsky for The Long Now Foundation.

Fora.tv "How Language Shapes Thought" by Lera Boroditsky

Stewart Brand, a person I've admired since I was a boy, looks like an old man now, but seems quite as sharp as ever.
"Religion is fundamentally opposed to everything I hold in veneration — courage, clear thinking, honesty, fairness, and above all, love of the truth."
— H. L. Mencken


xSilverPhinx

Thanks for adding the link, I wouldn't have stumbled across it otherwise. Very interesting topic :)
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Tank

I could have sworn I'd posted on this! Good link!
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
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