This *is* a fascinating topic (especially for linguists) but the effect is often overstated in the pop-science understanding of the issue. https://twitter.com/AnaMardoll/status/864853712711319552 …
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Like, no, ancient Greeks didn't look at the ocean and see it literally colored like this:pic.twitter.com/bfD6hhh1aU
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It's most likely a description based on *saturation*, not *hue*.
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Agreed. The article borders on pseudo-science. It's a linguistic idealism that is the worst example of correlationism.
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So correlationism implies that if humans did not exist the world wouldn't exist since "the world" is a concept and humans make concepts…
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But this makes the fossil record seem like a philosophically naive position to hold. Which is ludicrous.
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The colour argument is similar. It also reminds of some racist pseudo-science claims that Indigenous people in the Americas…
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Couldn't "see" the ships of the Spanish because they had no concept of ship. People repeat this crap but it's wrong.
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that was my first exposure to strong Sapir-Whorf, when i was like 10, and it didn't do much to adjust my attitude that adults were idiots
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