{"id":132,"date":"2022-10-16T13:55:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T13:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zsoltr12.sg-host.com\/?p=132"},"modified":"2022-10-16T14:19:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T14:19:29","slug":"how-we-think-about-thinking-is-limited-by-the-language-we-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secretword.com\/blog\/how-we-think-about-thinking-is-limited-by-the-language-we-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"How we think about thinking is limited by the language &#8220;we&#8221;  speak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because English is the <em>lingua franca<\/em> of research and publishing about brains and cognition, English&#8217;s orthography, grammar, phonics, and word meanings profoundly bias our understanding of brains and cognition. (As documented in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/trends\/cognitive-sciences\/fulltext\/S1364-6613(22)00236-4?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS1364661322002364%3Fshowall%3Dtrue\">an article written in English<\/a>. \ud83d\ude42 )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"566\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/zsoltr12.sg-host.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secretword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image.png 566w, https:\/\/secretword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-214x300.png 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s worth noting that <a href=\"https:\/\/zsoltr12.sg-host.com\/getting-lost-in-the-forest-of-language-on-a-twisting-trail-of-words\/\">Wittgenstein was vigorously rattling language&#8217;s cage<\/a> a century ago. For a subjective experience of language&#8217;s strictures and absurdities, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.secretword.com\">try to guess a secret word<\/a> once a day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because English is the lingua franca of research and publishing about brains and cognition, English&#8217;s orthography, grammar, phonics, and word meanings profoundly bias our understanding of brains and cognition. (As documented in an article written in English. \ud83d\ude42 ) It&#8217;s worth noting that Wittgenstein was vigorously rattling language&#8217;s cage a century ago. 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