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		lovegoblin on Jan 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Linguistic Theory Also Stephenson's "Snow Crash." It's an interesting idea, but pretty thoroughly debunked.

chickenfries on Jan 20, 2020 [–]

And "Babel-17" by Sameul R. Delaney.

Debunked linguistics sure make for interesting sci-fi.

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