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by westurner 709 days ago
Linguistic relativity; does language construct cognition or vice-versa? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity

"List of concept- and mind-mapping software" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_concept-_and_mind-mapp...

- markmap: markdown + mindmap https://markmap.js.org/ , markmap-vs-code

- vim-voom: https://vim-voom.github.io/

- org-mode, nvim-org-mode

- vscode markdown outline: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/markdown#_docum...

Many a time back in the day I wondered why Word's outline editor mode imposed stylesheet styles on node levels at all.

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Not a fan of the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis. For myself my brain clearly functions at a lower level of abstraction. Language is an imperfect translation of my actual ideas.

If the hypothesis has any truth at all, it cannot be universal. It doesn’t apply to me.

If someone has thoughts they cannot express in words, are they truly limited by the language they speak?