TheOtherDave comments on Open Thread, December 16-31, 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 31 December 2012 01:55:25AM 2 points [-]

I know of no reliable evidence that differences between human languages correlate significantly with, let alone cause, differences in human cognition. That said, I do expect it's easier to coordinate activities within a group that has language devoted to the nuances of such activities, and that's as true of rationality as anything else. But I also expect that sort of jargon is no harder to construct in one natural language as another.