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by psychoslave 975 days ago
Common, not a single mention of Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity

https://www.verywellmind.com/the-sapir-whorf-hypothesis-7565...

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No, because it is discredited pseudo-science.
Even taking this as premise, it doesn’t mean it should not be mentioned.

Knowledge that some hypothesis where disproved is also crucially important to understating and formation of sounder models.

Regarding the adequacy of the assertion itself, every reader should judge by themselves to which level it extends.