How changing the metaphors we use can change the way we think | Aeon Essays
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How changing the metaphors we use can change the way we think | Aeon Essays
Neuroscientists are building a powerful case that metaphor is far more important to human cognition than has ever been imagined. Many argue it’s the fundamental way that brains understand abstract concepts, such as love, joy, society and economy. It’s simply not possible to comprehend these ideas in any useful sense, then, without attaching them to
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