[atlantic]

With 6500 languages to choose from, I'm sure there are more than a few incorporating a world-view which aligns with yours. Rather than create something entirely new, wouldn't it be more reasonable to delve into what is already on offer?

[dmos62]

What is it about my post that summoned these mean, snickery comments? It's upsetting, but I'll respond anyway.

The idea is to actively influence how we communicate, not merely analyse it. Suppose I think Sanskrit had some good ideas. The question would be how to bring that use.

And it's not about my world-view, whatever you might think it is. I suppose you're implying that you don't have "world-view alignment" problems with the language you use. Do you think you're just lucky that way? The idea I'm putting forward is that the language in which you communicate (and think) actually shaped your world-view.

[atlantic]

> The idea I'm putting forward is that the language in which you communicate (and think) actually shaped your world-view.

That's not a particularly original view. It's called the linguistic relativity or Benjamin-Whorf hypothesis, and it has a very long history. But so what? It's not even a problem. It's simply a feature of thought that it is inherently interconnected with language.

What I don't understand at all is your proposed solution. While entire communities have strived over millenia to create linguistic tools to suit their particular needs, you propose to do the same, and better, by yourself, in a few months or years, by "hacking" (whatever that means).

No offence, but it just sounds slightly juvenile.

[ben_w]

Germans have a saying: Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache.

[josephv]

Upvoted for your excellent XKCD reference.

https://xkcd.com/927/