0G6: Arrival and Sapir-Whorf

Incoming Alien Language Translation: (Event-Podcast-Source Material-Arrival Film) (Idea-Topic-Sapir/Whorf-Language-Experience) (After Dark-Free Will-Sexy Timelessness) End of Translation. (This would have been much easier if Thomas would have just let me teach y'all Heptapod B) Weekly reading:  http://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/whorf.scienceandlinguistics.pdf  Supplemental readings: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/does-century-old-linguistic-hypothesis-center-film-arrival-have-any-merit-180961284/ http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/11/22/a_linguist_on_arrival_s_alien_language.html Original short story: http://discours.philol.msu.ru/attachments/article/264/Chiang_Story%20of%20Your%20Life.pdf   Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G  Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/  Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com Sibling shows: Serious Inquiries Only: https://seriouspod.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Check out Thomas and Aaron on this weeks Bi Any Means podcast, and check out Aaron on this weeks Reasonable Risk podcast.

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