Thinking in a Foreign Tongue Reduces Decision Biases
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Thinking in a Foreign Tongue Reduces Decision Biases
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#2Jews considered gentile a different species--you guys are retards. God was backing me up. God on the topic of racism said "sports". All psychologists know races vary in IQ.
God says... C:\LoseThos\www.losethos.com\text\SWIFT.TXT
pate the reader with further descriptions of this kind, because I reserve them for a greater work, which is now almost ready for the press; containing a general description of this empire, from its first erection, through along series of princes; with a particular account of their wars and politics, laws, learning, and religion; their plants and animals; their peculiar manners and customs, with other matters very curious and useful; my chief design at present being only to relate such events and tr
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#3If someone has a native-level of fluency in more than one language, would the decision-making bias remain?
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#4Finally found a link to the full text PDF:
http://portal.unitbv.ro/proxy/download.ashx?dec=1&url=uh...!
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#5Living abroad, half the time I find myself thinking in another language. I recently decided which foreign language I should spend my time on next. Turns out my teacher doesn't speak English so I'll be learning my fourth and final language via my third language. Confused? I am, though I suppose I'm making a sound decision...
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#6Agreed, to an extent. But I believe this is more a cultural deviation rather than a spontaneous cognitive divergence as alluded to in the abstract.
When I speak in Japanese (as a non-Japanese and non-native speaker) I tend to exercise the cultural custom of 'kukiyomi' when in the presence of certain circles; this was instilled socially as I grew up around the Japanese culture via hobbies, then friends and external relationships. Its something that as a Westerner, of Western European ethnicity, I was not exposed to at home or any other cultural avenues so I tend to omit doing so when speaking in my native tongue(s) as my family and friends can attest.
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#7Finally found a link to the full text PDF: http://portal.unitbv.ro/proxy/download.ashx?dec=1&url=uh... !
I wonder what percentage of the students had studied game theory and realised that the expected outcome of either medicine was the same...
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#8Living abroad, half the time I find myself thinking in another language. I recently decided which foreign language I should spend my time on next. Turns out my teacher doesn't speak English so I'll be learning my fourth and final language via my third language. Confused? I am, though I suppose I'm making a sound decision...
I learned some Spanish in English, which is not my native language. I've found the key is to think in whatever language you are using most as much as you can; at least in the beginning.
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#9Speaking English and french as foreign languages (germen being the mother language), I can largely agree with the OP, from my experience. While it's hard to explain why it is like that, for me it takes out some cultural biases you most of the time have when you think in your own language (profiency in said foreign language required).
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#10If someone has a native-level of fluency in more than one language, would the decision-making bias remain?
Good question, possibel that it goes the way as with dreams. Have to ask my girl-friend about it...