Does language change the way we think?
To me, the world around us feels immutable. I will take a walk down a suburban street, and maybe see two yellow dogs playing on the front lawn of someone’s house. Everyone onlooking might see more or less the same thing, but as it turns out, the way we describe the event can vary greatly based on the language we speak.
So our description of the world can change based on the language we speak.
Does language change the way we think?
To me, the world around us feels immutable. I will take a walk down a suburban street, and maybe see two yellow dogs playing on the front lawn of someone’s house. Everyone onlooking might see more or less the same thing, but as it turns out, the way we describe the event can vary greatly based on the language we speak.
So our description of the world can change based on the language we speak.
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Reproduced from Enghiad, B., Xue, P., Singh, N. et al. PlasmidMaker is a versatile, automated, and high throughput end-to-end platform for plasmid construction. Nat Commun 13, 2697 (2022).
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