The Idea: Twelve methods that will exercise parts of your brain that rarely get it, and make you more creative and better able to understand the world.
An Arab man's attempt at bridging the cultural gap and trying to make a difference. Failing a lot. Succeeding once in a while.
The Idea: Twelve methods that will exercise parts of your brain that rarely get it, and make you more creative and better able to understand the world.
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Twelve Ways to Think Differently
Good article Mahmood. I liked #9:
Learning a New Language: Linguists say all human languages are so similar than an alien would see them as indistinguishable, but anyone who doesn’t see how a language entrenches cultural preconceptions, ideas, and ways of thinking probably has never mastered a second one. The vocabulary, the syntax, the way in which it is ordered, the nuances of meaning, all push you to new ways of thinking.
I read part of a study recently that claimed people who are bilingual, or polylingual, have lower rates of old age demential and Alzheimers. I speak a couple of languages, but the more the better. I have been thinking of starting with Farsi. I work with Farsi speakers and there is a huge community here.
Thanks for the article.