Comment on Can you be too incompetent to understand just how incompetent you are?parentComments−thunk16y> It's also acknowledging that our thinking is partly shaped by our terms.Good point, but sounds like Sapir-Whorf: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity−nitrogen16yThere's an article today on Ars Technica/Nobel Intent related to this concept that considers the influence of language on spatial reasoning: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/06/language-in-spac...I'd always wondered if maybe thinking in Japanese or German allows Japanese or German people to come up with better solutions to some computing or engineering problems. Thanks for sharing that link.
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> It's also acknowledging that our thinking is partly shaped by our terms.
Good point, but sounds like Sapir-Whorf: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
There's an article today on Ars Technica/Nobel Intent related to this concept that considers the influence of language on spatial reasoning: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2010/06/language-in-spac...
I'd always wondered if maybe thinking in Japanese or German allows Japanese or German people to come up with better solutions to some computing or engineering problems. Thanks for sharing that link.