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Dbouchard92
I recently came up with a theory that was the product of a 2 hour long thought experiment. Its more of a correlary than a theory I suppose. Please share input but approach it with an open mind and don't form an opinion without giving it a chance. Here it goes. According to Carl H. Flygt, "the thesis of linguistic determinism is the idea that nothing is available to human consciousness outside its capacity to apply words to it."(Flygt 1). Assuming this is true, isn't it quite possible that to advance the intellectual capabilities of a single society(a society that speaks only one language), that a possible way to achieve this goal is by simply creating more words in the language. Creating more words will allow people of this hypothetical society to escape the limits of human consciousness proposed by the thesis of linguistic determinism, therefore increasing the likelyhood of discoveries and the like.