# Language shapes our thoughts?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/language-shapes-our-thoughts/61638
**Category:** random
**Created:** [August 20, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/language-shapes-our-thoughts/61638 "2004-08-20T06:56:10Z")
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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/language-shapes-our-thoughts/61638/1 "2004-08-20T06:56:10Z")

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Borrowing from Vulcan’s new scientist website…this was an interesting read about how our language could actually allow us to have progressive thought…

[http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996303](http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996303)

very wild.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2004, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/language-shapes-our-thoughts/61638/2 "2004-08-20T07:20:12Z")

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interesting… that guy could’ve least defined “5” as 2, 2 and 1 or something

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/language-shapes-our-thoughts/61638/3 "2004-08-20T14:48:30Z")

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thats to much work syko:)
