language
From Donald Knuth “The language in which we express our ideas has a strong influence on our thought processes.”
“So thinking is prior to language. What language contributes is to firm up certain particular ways of seeing the world and give fixity to them. This has its good side, and its bad. It aids consistency of reference over time and space. But it can also exert a restrictive force on what and how we think. It represents a more fixed version of the... See more
The Master and His Emissary Quotes by Iain McGilchrist
The people who get to impose their metaphors on the culture get to define what we consider to be true.
~Lakoff & Johnson
Eunoia: Words that Don't Translate
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i wish more people knew psychological impact of using the word “but” -
it can negate all that came before it in the listener’s ears. often acting as an unintentional dismissal
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