Hey there, I'm Roman Miletitch, co creator of Flippaper with Jérémie Cortial. Glad to see us on hacker news! If you have any questions, I'm here to answer. Just one comment already. While the pinball was indeed the…
Update: I just read it seems to be called "Sapir–Whorf hypothesis", more on there here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
I would say it's because the same words are the basis for most of your thoughts. It's not just that we think something and then find words to express it. The two processes are more linked; the vocabulary we have…
Not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but you might want to check out WordNet, a lexical database. You can first try it online to see if it fits your needs: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
Hey there, I'm Roman Miletitch, co creator of Flippaper with Jérémie Cortial. Glad to see us on hacker news! If you have any questions, I'm here to answer. Just one comment already. While the pinball was indeed the…
Update: I just read it seems to be called "Sapir–Whorf hypothesis", more on there here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity
I would say it's because the same words are the basis for most of your thoughts. It's not just that we think something and then find words to express it. The two processes are more linked; the vocabulary we have…
Not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but you might want to check out WordNet, a lexical database. You can first try it online to see if it fits your needs: http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn