How language shapes the way we think

Basic but interesting.

"Does language enable expression of what we already know, or does language enable you to create what you know...to alter your thinking, and so your world" .

This is something that has always fascinated me. I do believe our concepts crystallize and expand as we articulate, and to that extent language alters thinking.

It's a much debated subject, and there are theories both sides.  The movie 'arrival', took it to a whole new level, showing how learning the language altered her very conceptualization and grasp of time. She had access to time as the fourth dimension. Sci-Fi yes.

This is real, at a basic experimental level. It's what psychology does, make theory a science, so, interesting for sure. 

Dare to Disagree

An interesting perspective......

A Ted Talk

Many of us may not know Norman Lear, but there's something so humbling and beautiful about this talk. And it definitely has it's aha moments too.

A 13 year old genius physicist speaks

I stumbled upon this, pretty literally. And it was almost symbolic of how dots beyond you connect.

This morning I was listening to a podcast with Salman Rushdie where he's talking (critiquing) theories of creation under different religions, and compares the Christian theory of Adam and  Eve story to the Hinduism one of  Indra churning the Samudra  Manthan. And then the host Jason Gots, asks 'wasn't Hinduism at core actually Advaita, and wasn't it closest to the Singularity and Abstractness that science today talks of'. (Salman Rushdie had to wriggle out of that one)

A couple hours later I'm home and reading something in my inbox, and it goes onto Darwinian evolution and then onto 'Near Death Experiences' and god ( so literally energy here) knows how, but found this video almost pop up. 

In essence, unintendedly and surprisingly close to the podcast of this morning. How the dots connect.

Anyways, let none of that take away from the beauty of this talk. 

There is something about the flow.....a naivety, an intelligence, a humility, a naturalness, an honesty with which this young boy talks that had me just so totally captivated.

Create True Belonging and Heal the World

It's a conversation, an hour long...an interesting watch