Lera Boroditsky: How Language Shapes Thought - The Long Now - 0 views
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DONOVAN BROWN on 10 May 16Do the languages we speak shape the way we think? For example, how do we think about time? The word "time" is the most frequent noun in the English language. Time is ubiquitous yet ephemeral. It forms the very fabric of our experience, and yet it is unperceivable: we cannot see, touch, or smell time.