[lojban] Re: Conlangery #92: The Sapir-Worf Hypothesis

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Yeah, I felt that was quite biased. I mean, sure, it's a controversial topic and there isn't much support for strong Sapir-Whorfianism today. But, they do acknowledge certain different thinking patterns (like the way you memorize an describe experiences or knowing which way is north), but they are very clear with that everything related to Sapir-Whorf is stupid and ridiculous. It seems more of a bashing than a discussion, but that's my five cents. I don't believe in Sapir-Whorf as originally hypothesized though.

Also, Lojban is (of course) mentioned. But they are not discussing it very positive, and somewhat thinking that it's an impossible and ridiculous language to try and learn. Like that they're not seriously believing it could be fun or useful in real life, but a cute attempt of nerds over-believing Sapir-Whorf (and trying to gain "magical abilities"). Laadan seems to be preferred, for some reason.

Yeah, that's what I got from it! Worth a listening, but I do not fully agree with them. Seems too much like a contra-cultural reaction to people believing Sapir-Whorf to a extreme level and irritating people with the classic Eskimo-snow-myth.

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