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Does the language we speak really affect the way we think?

Well, that’s been a hotly debated topic among scientists for almost a century Ò and it was one of the panel discussions at last week’s meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Among those who support the idea is Dr. John Lucy, a professor of human development and psychology at the University of Chicago.

Dr. Lucy has studied the Yucatec Maya people of Mexico for the past 3 decades. And he believes their language Ò which does not use any form of the plural for its nouns Ò actually causes them to think about the world in a completely different way from English speakers.

[via kottke]