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After that post I went into a wikipedia dive and found out that indeed it is a field of study:
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After that post I went into a wikipedia dive and found out that indeed it is a field of study:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Edit:
in
case
someone
here
is
a
fan
of
sociology,
I
should
probably
temper
my
post
a
bit
to
avoid
a
classical
flamewar.
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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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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.
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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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THE POWER OF WORDS