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user-inactivated  ·  2926 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Did developing languages allow us to become self aware? Or did becoming self aware allow us to develop languages?

    They aren't. One can comprehend themselves without being able to express it through human language.

It's been argued, sometimes strongly, that language is a lense that affects how we view the world and probably by extension, ourselves.

I should probably also point out that this post is just a throwaway thought and that I don't know enough to argue one way or another. ;)