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All Languages Are The Same

Debunking the lingering linguistics myth that suppressed indigenous languages for decades

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Your Brain Was Never Supposed to Read

How a man-made invention rewired human cognition

May 30

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You Are Your Name

How words shape identity, memory, culture, and empires

Jun 3

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What the World’s Smallest Language Says About the Human Brain

What Shakespeare, a blowfish, and a 137-word language can teach us about how we perceive the world

May 13

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May 13

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The Letters English Left Behind

A linguistic thought experiment on the alphabet we abandoned, and why it might’ve worked better

May 16

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Language Is Supposed to Change

Why your English teacher was probably wrong

6d ago

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Language is Life

This Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

How Our Brains Interpret Meaning and Predict the Future

Jul 7

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Maybe Language Was Never About Communication

A radical new idea about the evolution of language

Jun 28

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You Cannot Say What You Mean

Exploring the limits of human language

Jun 21

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Language Is Not Just for Humans

What AI reveals about how we talk and think

Jun 12

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Jun 12

Trevor

Trevor

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Linguistics, anthropology, and the human mind. Especially fascinated with the English, Portuguese, and Russian languages. Married to the love of my life.

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