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Re:Thinking in a foreign language improves decision-making by mandmandam on Sunday September 17, 2023 @12:16PM (#37546652)
People thinking in other languages also work stuff out abstractly sometimes.

I'd say it's likely that learning new languages can improve your ability to work in abstract concepts. Something about the different forms of grammar, and deep paradigm shift in outlook implicit in the language (aka Sapir-Whorf). For example, the Mayan languages were fantastic for closely describing nature, compared to English, and (probably as a result) their astronomy was incredible.

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Re:Thinking in a foreign language improves decision-making by sitkack on Sunday September 17, 2023 @01:35PM (#37547500)
Being forced to translate from a language you are proficient in, one you possibly think sublingually in, forces one to move from system 2, to system one.

Esp if the destination language has a much higher precision for the arguments you are making.

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