Comments by "Brenda Rua" (@brendarua01) on "How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky | TED" video.

  1. This was very nice and informative! I wish she had talked more about how ancient cultures did not see blue or have a name for it, then address how the change took place. The "Wine dark sea" has always fascinated me.
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  2. Léa Isn't that a fascinating question?! I don't know what to think. We're talking about perception and that can lead to some amazing things.
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  3. Léa Thank you for the fascinating breakdown! It makes me wonder about the other Gaelic usages now. I like the poetic usage idea for the expression. And for the same reason as you seem to. The physics and biophysics are the same for our times and the classical Greeks. But we may be missing something with this simplification because of major perception influences. TED has several really nice presentations on how seemingly built in presuppositions and anticipations can affect what we see and when. Slan!
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