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ChristianKl comments on Learning languages efficiently. - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 03 March 2014 12:00:39PM 0 points [-]

The language you use to talk about something influences the way you think about it. If the chemistry you’re talking about is truly something new, then a fight over terminology may be quite an important part of getting to understand that chemistry better.

Jay A. Labinger

Comment author: RichardKennaway 03 March 2014 12:09:47PM *  0 points [-]

Were this and the other quotes you just posted intended for the quotes thread? (Although the rationality content of the three from "The feeling good handbook" isn't clear to me.)

Comment author: ChristianKl 03 March 2014 04:01:05PM 0 points [-]

Thanks, I posted to the wrong thread.