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On the potential of language, and hobbies that can help us fulfill it.
Some great thinkers thought we can’t think without language:
But science has proved that we actually can think without language:
Moreover, even inner speech does not appear to be necessary for thought.Some think in landscapes, and some in music:
I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.Albert Einstein
As opposed to Wittgenstein’s statement, the limit of our language isn’t the limit of our world. There might be more to us than what we can currently express with our words.
The linguistic relativity hypothesis means language isn’t just an expression of our inner world, but can also transform it.
Combining these two ideas – us not being defined by language and language’s ability to transform us – we discover language’s potential: through rich language, we can enrich our inner world – and communicate more about it.
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