Do we ever really speak our mind? Associate Professor of Cognitive Science to Worlds Apart

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“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world,” philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein pronounced in 1921, and the last century of booming linguistic studies have only confirmed her words. If languages shape us as much as we think we shape them, do we ever really speak our mind? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Lera Boroditsky, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, San Diego

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And English is the worst language because not only does it have a bad vibration, but you can easily lie and manipulate people with this language. Indigenous languages sound so beautiful and you see the world in a much better way and relate to others in a more respectful and honest manner.

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“To express oneself honestly, not lying to oneself—that, my friend, is very hard to do.”

― Bruce Lee

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