Learning a new language improves tolerance

Re:Learning a new language improves tolerance by Fr0ntBack on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @12:49PM (#13222107)

I tend to be skeptical of claims that bilingualism improves any mental skill. The studies often fail to control for confounding variables correctly. See this article: http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/the-battl...

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Re:Learning a new language improves tolerance by grok2 on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @01:48PM (#13222690)

It's likely the real reason is the very act of interacting with another culture improves your understanding of that culture and makes you more tolerant. Probably not specific to just learning the language, etc.

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Re:Learning a new language improves tolerance by ipnon on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @01:54PM (#13222755)

The flips-side is that any significant interaction with another culture requires learning a language, so are they just two sides of the same coin?

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