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THE POWER OF WORDS

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9/13/2020 4:25:29 AMBRrankManored before revert after revert
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1 After that post I went into a wikipedia dive and found out that indeed it is a field of study: 1 After that post I went into a wikipedia dive and found out that indeed it is a field of study:
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3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity 3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
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5 I dug around a bit, the idea seems to be mostly discredited save in its more general, non-committal forms, as in, "your language maybe influences some thoughts". So yes, that. 5 I dug around a bit, the idea seems to be mostly discredited save in its more general, non-committal forms, as in, "your language maybe influences some thoughts". So yes, that.
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7 Gender studies strike me as an insane and useless over-analysis of a topic. Then again, I feel the same about most "social sciences". They develop these ultra-complex theories about how people or society supposedly work that never seem to be clearly demonstrable or have any applicability to every day life. 7 Gender studies strike me as an insane and useless over-analysis of a topic. Then again, I feel the same about most "social sciences". They develop these ultra-complex theories about how people or society supposedly work that never seem to be clearly demonstrable or have any applicability to every day life.
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9 Philosophy can have the same problem taken to its extremes. But at least philosophers tend to be more likely to admit that their ramblings are useless and the're really just flexing their mental muscles for their own amusement. 9 Philosophy can have the same problem taken to its extremes. But at least philosophers tend to be more likely to admit that their ramblings are useless and the're really just flexing their mental muscles for their own amusement.
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11 Edit: in case someone here is a fan of sociology, I should probably temper my post a bit to avoid a classical flamewar. 11 Edit: in case someone here is a fan of the social sciences, I should probably temper my post a bit to avoid a classical flamewar.
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13 I don't mean to say that I think the study of sociology isn't interesting or that people who study sociology are stupid time-wasters. Acquiring knowledge is a worthy quest in itself. I just think the value of the field is overrated outside of knowledge for knowledge's sake. Specially when it comes to gender studies. 13 I don't mean to say that I think the study of social sciences isn't interesting or that people who study them are stupid time-wasters. Acquiring knowledge is a worthy quest in itself. I just think the value of the field is overrated outside of knowledge for knowledge's sake. Specially when it comes to gender studies.
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