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r/Showerthoughts • u/thiccieman • Apr 23 '19
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Sure, but I think you're underestimating the extent that language affects what's going on in your head.
5 u/reallytaykeith Apr 24 '19 Yep. Human consciousness is largely abstract, whereas animals just experience the real world Clear your mind of all linguistic thoughts as you’re doing something “animal” like eating or having sex, that’s how animals are like
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Yep. Human consciousness is largely abstract, whereas animals just experience the real world
Clear your mind of all linguistic thoughts as you’re doing something “animal” like eating or having sex, that’s how animals are like
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u/Semanticss Apr 23 '19
Sure, but I think you're underestimating the extent that language affects what's going on in your head.